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irst prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Biodun Agbele, Mr. Alade Sunday, yesterday, gave a vivid breakdown of how N1.2bn was

paid into the account of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose in different tranches. The witness, who is an associate of Fayose, at the resumed trial before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of Fed-

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130 Ondo monarchs declare support for Jimoh Ibrahim Ojo Oyewamide and James Abraham

body of traditional rulers consisting of over 130 monarchs and crown heads of towns and communities across the 18 council areas of Ondo State, yesterday, declared their support for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR, as the next governor of the state. The group, made up of

Grade B to E monarchs in Ondo State known as “D 130 Krowns Club”, are not members of the government recognised by state Council of Obas chaired by the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Victor Kiladejo. The traditional rulers at the group meeting called “Pelupelu” hosted by the Onimeri of Imeri, Oba Agbadero Adeniran, in Ose Local Government Area, warmly received the billionaire politician into their mist, offering individual and joint prayers for the success of Ibrahim in

the November 26, 2016 governorship election in the state. Chairman of the traditional rulers, Aladeokun of Alade-Idanre, Oba Olusegun Akinbola, who spoke through the Owa-Ale of Ikare, reiterated the demands of the group for recognition and promotion into the state Council of Obas. He explained that their denial gave birth to the formation of the pressure group to drive home their demands. Oba Akinbola noted that the current constitution of

the state Council of Obas gave room for preferential treatment, undue advantage, extensive domineering and paramount power to selected few traditional rulers who were recognised as permanent members of the Council of Obas, to the detriment of their colleagues on Grade B to E. “We specifically resolved to have you as our special guest today at this meeting and present before you our prepared proposal and demands for your implementation after your victory in

Oloba of Oba-Akoko, Oba Adeniyi Adegoroye, offering royal blessing to Ondo State PDP governorship candidate, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR, when his campaign trail hit the town on Wednesday.

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11, 2014. Sunday, who was cross examined by Agbele’s counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, said that N1m was paid into Mr. Fayose’s account on June 2, and another N895,315 was paid into the account on June 5, 2014. The witness, however, agreed with Ozekhome that the account was in a very active state and that the monies were paid into the account before Fayose became governor of Ekiti State. “The money was pack in Ghana must go and grey trampoline bags in two aircraft. “It took us about 45minutes to off load the bags from the aircraft with the assistance of one Oluolu Omotosho, driver of the van that transported the money and some security guards that followed Agbele whose name I cannot remember. “After our discussion at the airport with the former Minister of State for Defence,

Musiliu Obanikoro and Agbele, one Adewale A.O who introduced himself as the ADC to Obanikoro accompanied us and insisted that the monies be counted. “It was after we counted the money that we deposited it into the various account numbers he gave us, including that of Governor Fayose,” the witness said. The witness, who also gave a narration of how Agbele instructed that another N263m, be transported to Ado Ekiti, however, maintained that he did not follow Olaolu to Ado Ekiti with the money. The trial judge, however, adjourned trial to 25, 26, and 27 January for continuation of trial. It would be recalled that Agbele was arraigned alongside former Obanikoro (in absentia), Sylvan Mcnamara Limited, A. O. Adewale, Tunde Oshinowo and Olalekan Ogunseye (all at large) before the court on an 11 count charge bordering on money

laundering to the tune of N1.2bn, allegedly transferred from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, by the embattled former NSA, Sambo Dasuki. The said the sum was alleged to be part of the N4.7bn that was mysteriously transferred from the imprest ac-

count of the Office of the National Security Adviser to the bank account of Sylvan McNamara, a company allegedly owned by the sons of Obanikoro. Obanikoro allegedly took N1.2bn from the N4.7bn and flew it to Akure during the build-up to the governorship election in Ekiti State and

Revenue generating agencies engage in financial abuse –NEC Marcus Fatunmole and Ajibola Winner

ational Economic Council, NEC, yesterday raised the alarm on how some federal revenue generating agencies engage in unauthorised spending of money meant to be remitted to the Federation Account. Governor Willy Obiano of Anambra State stated this while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the NEC

meeting, presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa. Governor Obiano, who said that such infraction has been going on for a long time, stated that Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun told NEC that the activities of the agencies amounted to financial abuse. He said: “The long term financial abuse by some revenue generating agencies was taken at the council. The Finance Ministry reported to CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

the coming election. Our prayer is for you to win the poll. “Traditional rulers are not politicians, but we’re human beings too, seeking good government for our people and domains, our family and self; so it won’t be out of place to have a preferred candidate that we know will do our biddings and deliver the dividends of democracy to our domains,” the traditional ruler said. Responding, the PDP governorship candidate, Dr. Ibrahim commended the traditional rulers for coming out boldly to demand for their rightful place among traditional rulers in the state, stressing that monarchs play very vital role in the administration of government at the grassroots. “My Kabiyesis, you will agree with me that before my invitation to this meeting, I have visited the palaces of some of you with the promise of setting aside five percent of the monthly Federal Allocation of the state as community development fund under your direct supervision, our fathers as owners of the communities. “I also promise to return your lost dignity, traditional values of old and also pay due respect to the traditional institution and recognition to our crowned heads. “We shall integrate you into the daily administration of our dear state with the ultimate purpose of bringing government down to the grassroots,” he said. Some of the traditional rulers present at the meeting include Ahaba of Ajagba, Olu of Igbokoda, Oludotun of Iludotun-Ajowa, Owa-Ale of Ikare, Oloba of Oba-Akoko, Olute of Ute, Onidogun of Idogun, Oniju of Iju-Odo, Alagho of OdoNla, Ekiri of Ero, Ogbolu of Ita-Ogbolu and Akapinsa of Inpinsa. Ibrahim’s campaign trail had earlier moved to the palace of Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adegooke Adeusi, where a large crowd of party supporters in the town welcomed the candidate with songs and dancing. On the campaign trail of the gubernatorial candidate were: the deputy governorship candidate, Ebenezer Omotayo Alabi; state’s PDP Deputy Chairman, Kolawole Johnson; former deputy Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Dare Emiola; Hon. Abiye Ademoyegun; Executive Director, NICON Insurance, Otunba Stephen Ojo; Hon. Sola Akinuli; former state chairmen of Accord Party and Labour Party, Olusola Agbesua and Kolawole

Johnson respectively. Meanwhile, Ondo indigenes in Diaspora have thrown their weight behind Dr Ibrahim, saying his governance will usher in a new vista for the state’s development It was learnt that the Diaspora group under the aegis of Omo Oodua community has equally perfected strategy to storm the state to ensure that the project succeeds. Utilising its structural network that cuts across the 19 northern states and Abuja, the group is presently mobilising its members to get their voters card ready ahead of the poll later this month National President of the Association, Chief Toye Ogunsuyi, who spoke with journalists in Jos, yesterday, after a crucial meeting with officials, said members of the group were prepared to play major role in determining who become the next governor of the state. “Our vote is our power. That is why we are mobilising our people across the country and abroad, who have made up their mind to return home and vote for the right candidate,” he said. According to him, his members have taken time to study all the candidates and their credentials and decided to back Ibrahim because his towering credentials make him the most qualified among them. Decrying the plight of the people whom, he noted, had suffered untold hardship in the hands of past administrations, Chief Ogunsuyi, an indigene of Ondo, said what the state needed at this time is someone with business ideas like Ibrahim, who will turn the fortunes of the state for the benefit of the people. He stressed that the world is changing and the people cannot afford to entrust their destiny in the hands of traditional politicians who had done litle or nothing to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people. He noted that it was for this reason that Americans recently rejected the candidate of the Democratic Party in preference for Donald Trump, a businessman during the last elections. He urged the people to team up with PDP and replicate what happened in the American election in Ondo State by voting for Ibrahim for prosperity of the people and development of the state.

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Corruption fighting back vigorously, Buhari tells US Marcus Fatunmole and Ajibola Winner

resident Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said the anti-corruption war being fought by his government “is tough and gruelling,” with the menace vigorously fighting back. But he assured that the

...says anti-graft war must be won battle would be won. A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said Buhari spoke during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, on Wednesday, on the margins of conference

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the council certain activities of some revenue generating agencies that amounted to financial abuse of the revenue they generate. “They include paying salaries above specifications, converting official cars to personal ownership, monitising medical allowances arbitrarily, unapproved overseas travels, lavished training allowances, excessive personal loan approval including unapproved mortgages.” He assured that the Ministry of Finance and the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Accounts Commission, RMAFC, were working together to “rein in these abuses as these revenue agencies raise as much as N1.5trn and spend almost 90 per cent on its recurrent expenditure.” Obiano stated that NEC was told that even though the act has been going on for decades, such financial abuses whereby the agencies hide the revenues that ought to go to the Federation Accounts will now be exposed and terminated. On Excess Crude Account, ECA, Obiano who briefed newsmen alongside his Bauchi State counterpart, Abubakar Mohammed, and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, said the balance of the account presented by the Adeosun stood at $2.4bn as at November 2016. On ecological fund, he said N2bn was said to have been paid to the states by the last administration. “However, some states did complain that they did not have equal share of the money or even got anything at all. The reason why that occurred will be investigated and report made available to the president,” he added. In his remark, Kachikwu revealed that NEC endorsed a new funding regime for the oil and gas industry, eliminating Cash Call regime and thereby saving the country at least $1bn from next year. According to Kachikwu, beginning from 2017, the issue of Cash Call era would

disappear. He stated that the current upstream Joint Venture arrangement in the oil and gas industry was Unincorporated Joint Venture (UJV), meaning that NNPC and the International Oil Companies, IOCs, partner in each Joint Venture as unique and separate legal entities. The minister also noted that while NNPC pays the entire oil and gas revenues realised from the JV operations into the Federation Account, the production costs are appropriated, calendarised and paid monthly as Cash Calls to the JV operations from the NNPC and IOCs. He said from January to November this year, underfunding of the NNPC Cash Calls was estimated at $2.3bn, noting that this is in addition to the inherited arrears estimated at $6.8bn for 2015. However, he disclosed that through negotiations, the $6.8bn Cash Calls burden on the federation has now been reduced to $5.1bn, which would be paid based on an improved oil production output. He added: “For the first time, the oil industry will take responsibility for arranging their own funding and being able to produce oil and save the Federal Government the whole nightmare of cash calls every year. “So, this is a very dramatic move in the oil industry we are still going to make presentation to the National Assembly for them to understand this.” He also spoke of plan to reduce the cost of crude oil production in Nigeria. He said: “We will be looking at reducing the cost of barrel per production from the current $27 per barrel which is one of the highest in the world to a figure within the threshold of $18 per barrel over the next two years and ultimately, to about $15 over the next four years. “The barrel reserve production should increase to about 2.5m by 2019 and potentially to about 3m barrels by 2021. So, there will dramatic effects.”

on climate change, COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco, Buhari said corrupt people had accumulated a formidable arsenal of illicit wealth, which they were now deploying against the government on diverse fronts. “But it is a war we are determined to win, and which we will win. “People of goodwill are behind us, countries like America and many others are with us, and we will

surely win,” the President said. Buhari also updated Kerry on the war against insurgency in the northeast of Nigeria and efforts being made to tackle its attendant humanitarian problems. He said that a presidential committee had been launched to address the issue. On the unrest in the Niger Delta area, which manifests in the sabotage

of critical oil and power installations, Buhari said the engagement process was proceeding apace, adding that it was rather difficult bringing the main protagonists of the insurgency under one umbrella. The President said Nigeria was happy with American support on different fronts, assuring that the economic challenges facing the country were being frontally tackled. In his remarks, Kerry

expressed delight at the successes of the Buhari administration, pledging continued United States’ support in the bid to overcome security, humanitarian, political and economic challenges. As the Barrack Obama administration exits next January, Kerry said he would love to continue engaging with Nigeria, even in a private capacity. He described President Buhari as a strong international partner in the battle against violent extremism.

President Muhammadu Buhari (right) shortly before a billateral meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the sidelines of COP 22 in Marakkech, Morocco, on Wednesday. PHOTO:STATE HOUSE

INEC’s template for voters to register in its offices coming –Director

ndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it is working on a template that will enable eligible voters walk into any of its offices and register. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Oluwole OsaseUzzi, made the disclosure in Abuja yesterday, at an Election Results Analysis Training for Political Correspondents organised by Election Monitor (EM) an NGO. He said the template was still going through planning process. He added that if the process is finalised, it would enable Nigerians who just attained the age of 18 to

walk into any INEC offices and register without necessarily waiting for the time Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, is conducted. Osase-Uzzi said the template would also take care of eligible voters living far from INEC office. He, however, explained that the commission would still conduct CVR periodically to capture the details of eligible voters. Meanwhile, National Coordinator, Election Monitor, Mr Abiodun Ajijola, has called on media organisations to lay greater emphasis on analysis of election results. In his presentation at the training, Ajijola argued

that analysing election results would give valuable insight into the veracity of the results by observing and assessing trends, deviations and inconsistencies. He said that media coverage of elections in Nigeria would offer tremendous service to the electorate if it lays greater emphasis on analytical election coverage. “It will help to improve public knowledge about elections, as well help to reduce or avoid election violence that usually lead to loss of lives and properties. “If proper election analysis was done and disseminated across all forms of media, some of the people

trying to create unrest and violence during election period will have failed. “They would have failed because their message will have been drowned out by empirical analysis which may have actually saved some lives,” he said. The coordinator said that since 1999, majority of the elections conducted had resulted in dissatisfied parties (usually those who lost) taken their case to the court for final determination. He said: “most media houses have also weighed in their opinions of the credibility of elections in Nigeria, usually leveraging on external analysts.

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NCC: Senate drops ex-Kwara Speaker, Abubakar, confirms others •Okays Bage, Galinje S/Court Justices, INEC commissioners

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ormer Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Pastor Ezekiel Yisa Benjamin, was Thursday dropped as a non-executive commissioner of the National Communica-

tion Commission, NCC, in very controversial circumstances. It was alleged that the rejection of the nomination of the former Kwara Speaker by President Muhammadu Buhari had the tacit approval of the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, who is said

to be angry that he was not consulted before the appointment, which was influenced by his sister, Gbemi Saraki. Although members of the Senate committee on Communication screened the nominee based its recommendations for the rejection of

Benjamin on the grounds that he does not possess the necessary and requisite qualifications for the appointment, inside sources had it that that explanation was a mere smokescreen. Also rejected alongside the ex-Kwara Speaker as non executive commis-

L-R:Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun; Guest lecturer, Mr. Tony Elumelu and Chairman of occasion, Justice George Oguntade, at a maiden distinguished lecture, titled: “Entrepreneurship: The challenges and opportunities for Nigeria’s future leaders” organised by LASU for students of the institution on Wednesday. PHOTO: TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE

Army arrest 37 Boko Haram suspects in 15 months in Lagos, Ogun

he 81 Division of the Nigerian Army Thursday said it arrested 37 suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Lagos and Ogun states within the last 15 months. Former General Officer Commanding, GOC, 81 Division, Major-Gen. Isidore Edet, disclosed this in Lagos while handing over to his successor, Major-Gen. Ebenezer Oyefolu.

Chidi Ugwu ABUJA

igerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has commenced work on a scheme to improve the quality of diesel in the Nigerian market for efficient and optimal performance of diesel-powered engines. Group general manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, in statement, said the manager, Collaborative Research of the Research and Development Division, Engr. David Akpan, gave the hint in a presentation he made to

Edet said the Division, under his watch, arrested the terrorists in different parts of the two states. “As Boko Haram is being defeated, the terrorists ran to other parts of the country. “From the period I took over in August 2015 till date, we have arrested 37 Boko Haram suspects. “We will continue to arrest them and hand them

over to appropriate authorities,’’ he said. Edet said his most challenging moment as GOC, 81 Division, was the abduction of three of his operatives by militants in Ijagemo Area of Lagos. “I had to work round the clock to secure their release,’’ he said. On pipeline vandals at Arepo area of Ikorodu, the former GOC said the Army

worked collaboratively and cooperatively with other security agencies to rout the vandals from the area. In his remark, MajorGen. Oyefolu said he would key into the successes of his predecessor to move the Division forward. Until his appointment as GOC, 81 Division, Oyefolu was the deputy director at the Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja.

sioner in the commission was Saidu Abubakar from Bauchi State. Unlike the case of Abubakar which did not surprise many because of his consistent agitation for the scrapping of the Senate as an arm of the National Assembly, that of Benjamin came as a big shock, particularly because of the fact that he hails from the same state as the Senate president. During his screening on October 18, the committee confronted Abubakar with photographs of his frequent protests and calls that the Senate should be scrapped at the gate of the National Assembly. The committee had at the screening asked Abubakar if he still believed in his earlier position, which he boldly owned up to even as he reiterated his insistence that the existence of the Senate was not justifiable, pointing out that the upper chamber was only wasting the nation’s enormous resources by its existence. The committee, in its report, portrayed Abubakar as “a candidate who is not prepared for the demands of office such as required of a non-executive commissioner on the governing board of the NCC.” The report added that, “Mr. Saidu Abubakar could not produce any credible educational certificate for the committee to verify at the screening. He obviously lacks the professional and educational

disciplines provided in Section 7(1) (a-h) of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 which stipulates the qualification of the commission’s board.” The committee predicated its recommendation for the rejection of Benjamin on grounds that as a trained nurse, “it will not put him in good stead to be able to effectively cope with the dynamics of the communications sector if his nomination is confirmed.” While the Senate dropped the duo of Abubakar and Benjamin it however, confirmed the nomination of Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye as chairman of the NCC governing board, Sunday Dare (executive commissioner), Ifeanyi Ararume (non-executive commissioner), Clement Omeiza Baiye (non-executive commissioner) and Chief Okoi Obono Obla (nonexecutive commissioner). Also yesterday, the Senate confirmed the appointments of Justices Dauda Bage and Paul Galinje as justices of the Supreme Court. This happened on a day the lawmakers equally confirmed the nomination of Ms. May Agbamuche-Mbu (Delta), Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu (Anambra), Ahmed Mu’azu (Gombe), Mohammed Kudu Haruna (Niger), Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola (Oyo) and Abubakar Nahuche (Zamfara) as Independent National Electoral Commission’s commissioners.

Akpan explained that the mission of the division was to carry out research, develop technology and provide services to the oil and gas industry. He added that its operation was propelled by the vision to be a world-class petroleum research centre driven by innovation and quality. He said the division has capabilities to handle sundry industry projects across the upstream, midstream and downstream sub-sectors In the upstream, he stated that the division has proven capacity to handle

seismic studies, geochemical and geophysical studies and drilling/mud studies among others. The R&D Division, he also noted, has developed capacity in handling midstream issues like environmental and air pollution monitoring, environment compliance monitoring, environmental impact assessment studies etc. In the downstream subsectors, R&D has posted good results in testing crude oil assay, fresh/waste water evaluation and petroleum products quality testing, among others.

NNPC moves to improve diesel quality the group managing director of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, during an official tour of some R&D facilities in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Giving details of the research, Engr. Akpan said the R&D Division was working in collaboration with Petronas, Petrobras, Statoil and Saudi Aramco to achieve significant reduction in sulphur and carbon content as well as other impurities in diesel. He stated that the project also involves non-conventional upgrading of other refined products in-

cluding crude oil. Speaking at the event, Dr. Baru described research and development as a vital tool for advancement in any organisation desirous of re-inventing itself in the ever competitive market place. The GMD called on the management and staff of the division to support him in the renewed vision to transform R&D. “Organisations that grow, commit a significant part of their budget to research and development and we are going to do that; if what it takes for you to

grow is to make you a limited liability company, we are going to do that,’’ the GMD stated. He, however, charged the management and staff of the division to brace up for the challenges that come with operating as a limited liability company. “It means that your staff cost will not be borne by NNPC Corporate Headquarters but by you, and you have to make profit and support the corporate headquarters. We are looking forward to that day and we expect a lot from you,” he said.

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L-R Assistant CSR Manager, Airtel Nigeria, Chioma Okolie; St. John’s Primary School pupil, Boluwatife Oluwasalami; Head Teacher, St. John’s Primary School, Mr. Adeniyi Odufoye; St. John’s Primary School pupil, Opesanwa Omotunde and Zonal Business Manager, West Upland Region, Airtel Nigeria,Femi Akinrelere; during Airtel’s Reading for Leading Campaign at St. John’s Primary School, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, recently.

L-R: Director, Brands and Experience, Etisalat Nigeria, Elvis Ogiemwanye; Director, Ake Arts and Book Festival, Lola Shoneyin; Vice President, First City Monument Bank, Diran Olojo and Manager, Sponsorships, Etisalat Nigeria, Orah Egwu, at the Etisalat sponsored 2016 Ake Arts and Book Festival held in Abeokuta Ogun State, yesterday.

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L-R: Academic Director, Lagos Business School, Dr. Olayinka David-West; Head, Group Corporate Strategy, Union Bank, Lola Cardoso; Enterprise Director, Microsoft Nigeria, Wale Olokodana and Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, General Electric, Tanya Spencer, at the Emergent Continent conference, in Lagos, yesterday.

L-R: Strategic Communication Adviser to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Constance Ikokwu; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade and Investment, Aminu Bissala; Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enilama and SA to the President on Indusry and Trade and Investment Office of the Vice-President, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, at a press conference on the activities of the Ministry in Abuja, yesterday.

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Ondo PDP crises: Appeal Court reserves judgment in Makarfi, Sheriff, PDP leadership feud Doosuur Iwambe ABUJA

pecial panel constituted to hear all appeals emanating from the Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday reserved judgment to a later date in the appeal filed by chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Markafi and its secretary, Senator Ben Obi. The three-member panel presided over by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa announced that judgment would be reserved and that the date for its delivery would be communicated to the parties involved after taking arguments from all the parties in the matter.

At the resumed proceedings yesterday, counsel to the respondents, led by Prince Biyi Poroye, Beluolisa E. Nwofor, SAN, while objecting to the motion moved by the Senator Markafi-led faction, urged the court to decline jurisdiction in going ahead with the matter on the ground that an appeal had been entered at the Supreme Court to challenge the decision of the Court of Appeal which granted leave to Makarfi and Obi eligibility to file appeal in the matter. Nwofor told the panel of justices that since the appeal has formally been entered at the Supreme Court, and the motion for stay of proceedings also filed, it is automatic for the appeal court to hands

off from the matter as a mark of respect for the court hierarchy. In the alternative, in his brief of argument, the senior counsel informed the court that the two appellants filed two separate briefs of arguments dated November 10 and11, 2016 which he claimed constituted an abuse of court process and demanded that the case be dismissed. Nwofor said the consequences of the abuse of court is out right dismissal, adding that if the two briefs of arguments are dismissed on account of abuse of court process, then there is no appeal before the court to adjudicate upon. He prayed the court to hold that there was no brief of argument filed before it by the two appel-

lants and urged the court to dismiss the appeal. Earlier, the two appellants in their appeal argued by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), prayed the appellate court to set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court Abuja, delivered on June 29, by Justice Okon Abang which affirmed Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the authentic national chairman of the party. In the appeal, the appellants claimed that the trial judge erred in law by concluding that Sheriff was the national chairman of the party without giving them fair hearing before his court. They claimed that the action of the judge constituted a denial of fair hearing and subsequently laid to miscarriage of justice

in the judgement. The appellants therefore asked the appeal court panel presided over by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa, to void the decision of the lower court and set it aside. Counsel representing the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Nelson Anih said he did not file any process before the court, but however told the court that they would abide by the final decision of the court. Also, counsel representing Sheriff, Mr. Rapheal Oluyode, told the court that he did not file any process and aligned himself with the submissions of Nwofor. After taking arguments from all the parties, Justice Salauwa announced that judgment would be

reserved and that the date for its delivery would be communicated to the parties involved. It would be recalled that Justice Abang of the Federal High court sitting in Abuja had in his judgement of June 26, 2016, held that Sheriff was the authentic national chairman of the PDP. His grounds was that there was an order of the Lagos Division of the court presided over by Justice Ibrahim Buba, that restrained the PDP from holding the convention where Senator Makarfi and Senator Obi emerge as national chairman and secretary of the national caretaker committee respectively, having purportedly dissolve the Sheriff leadership.

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871,000 babies born prematurely in Nigeria, yearly Marcus Fatunmole ABUJA

igeria records 871,000 preterm birth yearly, Federal Government said Thursday. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this at the commemoration of this year’s World Prematurity and World Pneumonia day in Abuja. He also launched three policy documents aimed at improving newborn health, namely the Nigeria every newborn action plan; essential newborn care training package, and national chlorhexidine scale-up strategy document. The minister said globally, about 15 million babies are born prematurely each

year, and that Nigeria is the 3rd largest contributor to the number. “Babies born too soon have a higher risk of death that is 13 times higher than babies born at term. “Thus, one of every three newborn deaths is attributable to complications of prematurity. Those who survive may face lifelong disabilities, including learning, visual and hearing problems and their quality of life is greatly affected,” the minister said. He explained that globally, pneumonia follows closely neonatal causes as the next largest cause of under-five mortality, and that it is the leading single disease cause of under-five deaths in the country.

“Pneumonia majorly affects the marginalised and the poorest children, accounting for 18 per cent of cause of death in underfives, about one million deaths among children annually, and more than 2,500 children per day under the age of five suffering from complications resulting from pneumonia. “Evidence has shown that simple practices such as early and

exclusive breastfeeding, vaccination, hand washing with soap and water as well as low level of exposure to greenhouse gases are protective against the development of pneumonia,” he added. He added that it had, however, not been too bad for the country, as according to him, results from the 2013 NDHS indicate an 18 per cent reduction in under-

five mortality rates from 157/1000 live births in 2008 to 128/1000 live births in 2013. “To tackle prematurity issues, it is important to promote essential care during childbirth and in the postnatal period for every mother and baby, including antenatal corticosteroids (given to pregnant women at risk of preterm labour to strengthen the babies’ lungs), kangaroo mother care which

provide thermal care via skin-to-skin contact for the baby and support breastfeeding (particularly, exclusively, for the first six months of life), and antibiotics to treat newborn infections,” the minister said. He said the country had also taken the lead in Africa to be the first to start producing amoxicillin dispersible tablets as well as chlorhexidine gel for cord care.

ASUU President lauds members over complying with strike order Kemi Olaitan IBADAN

s the one-week warning strike declared by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, enters the third day today, the President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has lauded members for the total compliance recorded so far. The ASUU boss in a bulletin sent to all the branches of the union, urged the members to remain resolute and make sure no lecture, supervision and statutory meetings take place. He stated that the National Strike Coordinating Committee, NSCC, of the union commended the members for their steadfastness and obeying the directive of the National Executive Council, NEC. He stated that the union received a favourable report that the warning strike was solid in all zones. “The National Coordinating Committee met with a Senate team led by the Senate President, representatives of Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labour and Productivity. “The meeting discussed all the issues involved in the strike, i.e: funding for revitalisation of public universities based on the

FGN-ASUU MoU of November, 2013; non-release of subvention to state universities by their Visitors; registration of NUPEMCO; payment of Earned Academic Allowances, EAA; shortfall in salaries leading to payment of fractions of staff salaries; non - payment of salaries of staff in the staff primary schools; exemption of universities from the Treasury Single Account, TSA, policy, and renegotiation of the 2009 agreement,” he said. He further urged members to remain resolute and keep the striking spirit on. He said: “Resulting from the meeting, a further discussion was scheduled for Monday 21st November, 2016 to continue the dialogue. Meanwhile, remain resolute.”

L-R: Acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Civil Service Commission, Mr Mustapha Suleiman; Minister, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN, Mr Onesomus Atanze; Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission; Mrs Joan Ayo; Director, UN Human Resource Division, Mr Victor Kisob; Spokesman, Nigeria’s Permanent Mission, Mr Akinremi Bolaji and Head, 3rd Committee of Nigeria’s Permanent Mission, Mr Alexander Ajayi, during the visit of the Nigerian delegation to UN Human Resource Division in New York on Wednesday. PHOTO: PRUDENCE TIA/ICE/NAN

N2.2bn fraud: Absence of defendant stalls arraignment of Supreme Court Registrar Doosuur Iwambe ABUJA

rraignment of the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Ahmed Gambo Saleh over corruption charges preferred against him by the Federal government before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, was Thursday, stalled following absence of the defendant.

The court had fixed Thursday for the arraignment of Saleh, Muhammed Abdulrahman Sharif, the director finance and Rilwanu Lawal, the chief accountant. Federal Government, through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, had about two weeks ago slammed a nine count corruption charge

against them. However, lawyers representing all the defendants as well as journalists were already seated, waiting for the arraignment of the defendants before Justice Abba-Bello Mohammed, when counsel to the second defendant informed the court that his client was on admission at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada.

Road traffic collision becoming epidemic —Minister Marcus Fatunmole and Ajibola Winner

ncidences of road traffic collision are becoming epidemic in Nigeria, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said Thursday. Adewole stated this at World Day of Remembrance

for victims of road traffic collisions, RTC, in Abuja. The event was organised by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, and the Federal Ministry of Health. The event, which intended to promote United Nations Decade of Action on Road Safety and Traffic Injury Prevention (UN-DARSTIP 2011 – 2020) had the theme: Vital Road Crash Action: Medical

Care, Investigation and Justice. UN-DARSTIP targets 50 per cent reduction in RTC deaths and injuries by the end of the decade worldwide. Adewole noted that the country loses many of its citizens to road traffic accidents yearly, stressing that the projected rise in the incident puts road traffic crashes and road traffic injuries well

ahead of infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis which are current major public health issues in the country. He argued that RTC contributes up to 70 per cent of the trauma burden and trauma deaths in Nigeria, and most traffic crashes are preventable.

The judge later adjourned till December 15 for arraignment. The defendants are facing a joint trial on a ninecount criminal charge for allegedly diverting N2.2bn belonging to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, SCN. The accused were alleged to have agreed to divert the N2.2bn belonging into personal bank account domiciled at the United Bank for Africa PLC account No. 2027642863 and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 96 of the Penal Code Act. The defendants were also alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust between 2009 and 2016 when they were entrusted with SCN property. It was alleged that the defendants obtained gratifications to the tune of N80m, contrary to Section 10 of the ICPC Act.

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Nigeria and Sustainable Development Goals

resident Muhammadu Buhari, who attended the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA71) in New York, United States not too long ago expressed before world leaders Nigeria’s commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Sustainable Development Goals: A Universal Push to Transform the World” was the theme of UNGA71. The SDGs, according to President Buhari, “underscore the imperative for our collective will towards finding enduring and sustainable solutions to addressing global disparities”. Trailing Buhari’s speech, unfortunately, is the grim report on Global Education Monitoring (GEM) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) early in the month, which said Nigeria would achieve universal primary education in 2070, universal lower secondary education in 2080 and universal upper secondary education in the next century if present global trends on education were anything to go by. President Buhari was at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly graced by 193 countries last year, where world leaders (September 25-27, 2015), adopted the 2015 - 2030 development agenda - (SDGs which had ‘Transforming Our

World’ as its theme. Up to the year 2015, however, the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs), about eight of them , rolled out in the year 2000, which centred on poverty alleviation, education, gender equality and empowerment of women, child and maternal health, environmental sustainability, reduction of HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases, as well as building a global partnership for development, were in place. The original intention was that nations would accomplish the MDGs by 2015 to pave way for the 2015-2030 SDGs’ initiative. It is common knowledge, going by local official indices and international assessments, that the end of 2015 caught Nigeria napping, with scant achievements to justify the huge publicity given to the MDGs in the country; and the purported commitment of the Nigerian government over the years towards attaining them. The SDGs have about 17 targets and scopes that are broader than those demanded by the MDGs. They include ending poverty in all its forms everywhere; ending hunger, achieving food security as well as improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture; ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being of all at all ages; ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting

We hope the kind of government commitment

President Buhari and Adamu mean this time is not the type

Nigeria of the MDGs

that robbed

lifelong learning opportunities for all; achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls; ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all; building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation; reducing inequality within and among countries and making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. But the latest UNESCO-GEM report says: “On current trends, universal primary education in sub-Saharan Africa will be achieved in 2080; universal lower secondary completion in 2089; and universal upper secondary completion in 2099. This would

ON THIS DAY November 18, 2001 Japan witnessed its second worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. The accident occurred when seven times the allowable limit of 18.8% enriched uranium dioxide was mixed with nitric acid in order to form uranyl nitrate; and was put in a tank to homogenize. In the process, a blue flash of radiation occurred and the three technicians felt severe pain. Two later died.

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leave the region 70 years late for the 2030 SDG deadline. Nigeria, on current trends, will achieve universal primary education in 2070, universal lower secondary education 2080 and universal upper secondary education in the next century”. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, according to reports, says the country will beat the UNESCO projection because of Federal Government’s commitment to reversing the nation’s educational woes. We have no reason to doubt the minister’s optimism. But the FG should be reminded that only last year, the same UNESCO said no less than 58 million children across the globe aged between six and 11 years were out of school. Director, UNESCO’s Regional Office, Abuja, Mr. Benoit Sossou, also said (for Nigeria): “there are still many challenges, especially with high level of illiteracy more prevalent in the 19 states of the North, and more than 40 million adult illiterates nationwide”. Without conquering illiteracy, the power of literacy in driving development, as well as reducing poverty and unemployment, other privations, pains and crimes, would be extremely difficult. We hope the kind of government commitment President Buhari and Adamu mean this time is not the type that robbed Nigeria of the MDGs.

x November 18, 2014 The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes killed over 1,115 people, severely injured 1,214 and slightly injured 1,688 others. The earthquake occurred just off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The epicenter was 45 kilometres (28 mi) west-northwest of Padang, Sumatra; and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru, Sumatra. Early death-toll estimates were beyond 1,300, but the government confirmed 1,115 dead.

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Biafra: Court fixes Dec 1 to rule on Kanu’s bail application Doosuur Iwambe ABUJA

ustice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja will on December 1, 2016, decide the bail application filed by the detained self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and three others who are standing trial on an 11-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, unlawful possession of firearms and terrorism. Federal Government also alleged that the accused persons committed other offences bordering on their agitation for secession of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria. At the resumed trial Thursday, counsel to Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told the court that he filed a bail application on November 7, 2016, and prayed the court to admit Kanu to bail on liberal terms. Ejiofor told the court that the bail application was supported by a 26-paragraph affidavit and 35 exhibits, which include the charge filed against Kanu at the magistrate court, the ruling of the court granting him bail, the ruling of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja, ordering unconditional release of the Biafran leader. Other document attached to Kanu’s bail application he said, was a newspaper publication of a statement by President Muhammadu Buhari that the first defendant (Kanu) would not be granted CHANGE OF NAME

bail by any court and a certified true copy of certificate of incorporation of the Radio Biafra. He informed the court that the first defendant has initiated a contempt proceedings against the Depart-

ment of State Services, DSS, for refusing to obey an order of the court made last year, granting him bail. Counsel to the second defendant, I. Adoga, informed the court that his client is still in custody of the DSS,

Ifeanyi Ashikodi UMUAHIA

ensioners in Umuahia, Thursday, once again protested the continuous nonpayment of arrears of their salaries. The protesting pensioners who carried placards with anti-government inscriptions, held motorist to ransom when the elderly men blocked Bende road to create awareness over their plight in the hands of the state government. The elderly pensioners in large number had blocked the dual carriage Bende road with benches numbering over 30, with most of them sitting down on the bench and on the tarred road, praying silently and others praying loudly against the state government. Others were seen pouring libation with what looked like water and saying various unprintable things against the state government. It took the intervention of a combined team of the men of Umuahia Central Police Station, led by its CHANGE OF NAME

tion, Umuahia. Speaking with newsmen, Umuahia Branch chairman of the National Union of Pensioners, Deacon Amaugo Daniel, disclosed that their grievance was that the present governor is insensitive to

their plight, always making promises without fulfillment. Deacon Amaugo who led others, said the union had earlier written to the state governor on the issue and was yet to receive any response from him.

In an effort to get government side of the incident, a call put across the chief press secretary to Governor Ikpeazu was abruptly dropped when the issue was introduced to him.

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ministration to make Lagos a safe place for all and sundry. According to Ambode who was represented by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Abdullateef Abdulhakeem, all hands must be on deck to nip kidnapping, sexual violence and other debilitating vices in the bud. He said: “I urge you all to be law abiding and vigilant in all our communities so as not to allow any form of criminality such as kidnapping, sexual ha-

rassment and robbery in our state. Today, our security slogan, ‘see something, say something,’ has become the password for 24-hour vigilance.” Ambode added that in order to strengthen community-based security initiative, the Neighbourhood Safety Agency Bill which was recently signed into law was part of government’s efforts to institutionalise and deepen community policing strategy in the state. “No fewer than 5,000 Neigh-

bourhood Watchers will be employed with a minimum salary of N25,000 monthly to attract quality personnel that would complement other security agencies operating in Lagos State,” he said. On the theme of the event which was ‘Community Policing: A Panacea for Securing our Communities,’ the governor said it was apt as the theme focused on one of the key factors which needed collective action in the respective communities.

Ambode vows to stamp out kidnapping in Lagos

agos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has vowed to stamp out kidnapping in the state, saying his administration is determined to free the state from violent crimes. Ambode who said this Thursday at the this year’s Community Day celebration held at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, enjoined Lagosians to join hands with his adCONFIRMATION OF NAME

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According to him, the defendants are threat to national security, adding that the firearm licence, which the third defendant claimed he has was not issued by the appropriate authority.

Divisional Police Officer, Udeviotu Onyeke, and men of Abia State Command led by its public relations officer, Nta Ogbonnaya Nta, to plead with the octogenarians to vacate the road which is about five metres from the central police sta-

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ecution counsel, Shuaibu Labaran, who vehement opposed the application in a counter-affidavit asked the court to refuse the applications and order an accelerated hearing in the matter.

Unpaid salaries: Pensioners block major road in Aba

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instead of prison custody as ordered by the court; while other counsel who represented various defendants also prayed the court to admit their clients to bail on liberal conditions. On his part, the pros-

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How Afromedia ex-director allegedly defrauded firm N4bn Ayodele Olalere

n audio recording of a conversation purporting to reveal how an advertising firm, Afromedia Plc, was allegedly defrauded of N4 billion was Thursday played before Justice Raliatu Adebiyi of an Ikeja High Court at the ongoing trial of a former director of the firm, Mr. Mohammed Gobir. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had dragged Gobir before the court on a 17– count charge of stealing, forgery and obtaining money by false pretense, charges he denied. According to the prosecution, Gobir, who was saddled with the responsibility of bringing for-

eign investment into the company, was appointed a non-executive director on the company’s board. He was accused of abusing his position of trust and allegedly defrauded the company of various sums, amounting to N4 billion under the guise of facilitation fees and business expenses. At Thursday’s hearing, the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Akinola Olopade, in his testimony, presented an audio conversation recorded on February 11, 2013 which he had with Gobir. In the recording, Gobir claimed that N250 million which was part of the money he owed Afromedia was about to be cleared in the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; he also further claimed that

he got a text message alert from the bank. The prosecution, led by Mr. A.B.C. Ozioku, however claimed that despite Gobir’s claims that he did not defraud the company, the audio recording was

proof of his dishonesty as there was no money with the CBN. Counsel to Gobir, Mr. Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), however, objected to the remainder of the audio recording being played in

court. “To see that justice is done, let us be served copies of the compact disc (CD) to enable us prepare for cross-examination,” he said. The judge, noting that

part of the audio conversation was in Yoruba ordered that a Yoruba interpreter transcribes the audio recording, and adjourned the matter to January 2, 2017 for continuation of trial.

Glo 4G LTE services radiate to 20 more locations

s promised, Nigeria’s data grandmaster, Globacom, has increased the number of locations enjoying its new Glo 4G LTE network by 20, thus bringing the number of locations enjoying ‘the new speed of life’ to 60. The 20 new locations include Ikorodu in Lagos, Ota in Ogun State and Zuba in Abuja. Other locations sharing the Glo 4G experience are Idi Araba, Idi Oro, Mushin, Apapa and Oyingbo in Lagos; Jikwoyi, Dawaki, Gudu, Karu, Kado, Kuje and Zuba in Abuja and Eagle Island, Chinda, Abuloma, Iwofe, Choba, and Onne in Port Harcourt. It will be recalled that Globacom launched Nigeria’s first 4G LTE nationwide mobile network on October 4, 2016 in nine cities. The launch cities of the advanced technology include Lagos - Lekki, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Ajah and Akoka; Port Harcourt - Aba Road, Trans Amadi, Diobu, Old GRA and UNIPort; Warri, Eket; Benin; Abuja - Maitama, Wuse, Asokoro, Garki/Central Business District and Airport Road; Jos; Yola – ABTI and Zaria - ABU. About seven days later, Globacom followed up by adding eight locations, namely: Okada (Igbinedion University), Abraka (Delta State University), Bonny, Escravos, Forcados,

Ekpoma (Ambrose Alli University), Agbor (College of Education), and Sapele (Western Delta University). A couple of weeks later, 16 more locations came alive on the 4G LTE map. They included Ikeja, Isolo, LASU, Oregun and Opebi in Lagos State, Redemption Camp and Babcock University in Ogun State, Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State; Rukpokwu, Rumuibekwe, Eleme Junction, Eliozu, Woji, and Rumuigbo in Rivers State and Mpape and Utako in Abuja. The addition of the latest 20 locations is in continuation of the redemption of Globacom’s promise to take the advanced mobile telecommunications network to every part of the country. Glo 4G LTE network provides subscribers efficient mobile broadband internet which is several times faster than a 3G network. It enables them to surf the internet at the speed of light and download ultra high definition videos in seconds. Any customer interested in joining the network to experience the latest technology is advised to buy and register a 4G LTE Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, or swap his or her existing SIM for a 4G SIM, get a 4G phone (if their current handset does not support the new SIM) and dial *777# to buy a data plan.

L-R: President, Eko Club International, Bissy Gaji; Sole Administrator, Isolo LCDA, Mrs Oshikoya Abimbola; Olu of Epe Land, Oba Sefiu Adewale; Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris and Osolo of Isolo, Oba Kabiru Alani Agbabiaka, at the inauguration of 2016 Eko Free Health Mission at Isolo and Commissioning of Dr Nurudeen Olowopopo Health centre in isolo, Lagos yesterday.

Dangote calls for PPP in funding varsities Kemi Olaitan IBADAN

resident of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Thursday, canvassed public-private partnership, PPP, for the funding of tertiary education in Nigeria with an appeal that the University of

Ibadan be accorded special attention in this regard, in view of its premier status. He made the call on the occasion of his conferment with an honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), alongside two other eminent Nigerians, Prof. Niyi Osundare and Chief Bode Amao, by the Senate of the university

Court adjourns Adegboruwa’s trial to Jan 30 Wale Igbintade

Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday adjourned further trial of human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, to January 30 and 31, 2017. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had charged the accused on a one-count bordering on lease of a Lagos property attached by an order of court. The case which was earlier slated for continuation of trial before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, could not go on yesterday, due the absence of the judge. Following agreement

reached by the prosecution and defence counsels, a new trial date was fixed. At the last adjourned date, in June, the prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, had led his second witness, Mr. Teslim Ajuwon, in examination in chief. The witness, a compliance officer with a first generation bank, had tendered documents relating to the accused person’s statement of account, as evidence of the alleged transaction. In the one-count charge, the accused person was alleged to have conspired with one Jonathan Udeagbala (now at large) to lease out a property located at 105, NICON Town Estate, Lekki, Lagos.

at its 68th Foundation Day ceremony. He said the university deserves special attention not just because of its status as Nigeria’s oldest university, but also because of its invaluable contribution to the transformation of society through creativity and innovation. According to him, with adequate funding, the university would be able to compete favourably with the best universities in the world. The foremost entrepreneur enjoined the Federal Government to consider allocating special funds to the University of Ibadan to enable it improve on its research and upgrade its infrastructure, explaining that “such an economic intervention has become imperative given the perennial funding challenges facing our universities.” While acknowledging the fact that the Federal Government alone could not shoulder the entire burden of funding tertiary education due to other competing needs, he reiterated the need for publicprivate partnership, PPP. He stated further that the Dangote Academy in

2010 trained young graduates on technical and vocational skills to enhance their competitiveness in the employment market. According to him, the academy has so far trained about thousand graduates and has absorbed more than 80 per cent of them in various subsidiaries of the group, noting that the academy has given the rest the opportunity to use the skills acquired in other organisations. President Muhammadu Buhari, in his address, urged Nigerian universities to seek to become more entrepreneurial in their outlook, with an industrydriven curriculum development and conscious efforts towards engaging the industry, noting that this is part of efforts of the present administration to address the burning issue of youth unemployment in the country. He also used the medium to reiterate the desire of the Federal Government to provide qualitative education, especially tertiary education for the teeming youths, and called for the support of all stakeholders.

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cores of people were injured Thursday following a clash between supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State and men of the state police command during a rally. The police command had prevented the PDP members from a planned rally to the state House of Assembly, on a solidarity visit to the Speaker, Mr. Dabo Adams. Special Assistant to the state governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu alleged that the police shot one of the PDP members on his foot and injured several others at Moscow Road Roundabout near the House of Assembly . Despite the attacks, the PDP members marched to

...APC demands swearing-in of elected lawmakers the Assembly where they declared that nobody would be allowed to rig elections in the state. In another development, supporters of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state also staged a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt yesterday, demanding for the swearing-in of two lawmakers, elected on the platform of the party into the state House of Assembly. The two APC lawmakers are Hon. Victoria Nyeche representing Port Harcourt Constituency 1, and Hon. Andrew Miller (Opobo/Nkoro). The APC protesters, who marched from the party’s secretariat, along Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt through major streets

in the city displayed placards with various inscriptions. The protesters were however stopped by policemen from going beyond the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, area of Port Harcourt, to avoid clashes with supporters of the PDP. The Police also took over strategic government buildings, especially Government House, the House of Assem-

bly complex and High Court complex. Speaking to newsmen later, Secretary of APC in the state, Chief Emeka Bekee, said they did not take their protest to the House of Assembly complex as initially planned because of the planned visit of Governor Nyesom Wike to the House. Bekee said: “Two of our members were elected to serve in the Rivers State

House of Assembly and today, they don’t want to swear them in. “Even if it is one person, the person should be a minority voice in the House. Give our members, Victoria Nyeche and Andrew Miller the opportunity to sit in the Chamber. That is what we are asking for. “The governor had fixed a programme in the House of Assembly and because

APC is a law-abiding party that has the fear of God, we want to give them the benefit of doubt. “But subsequently, we will not accept that. Whatever they want to happen will happen; we will not take it anymore.” Also speaking to newsmen Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, Samuel Nwanosike, denied claims by the police that supporters of the party were out to counter the protest by members of the opposition APC.

Navy hands over suspected militants’ paramedic to DSS

igerian Navy has arrested Mr. Augustine Effiong, a suspect who specialises in providing medical services to injured militants in the creeks of Bakassi and Akpabuyo local government areas of Cross River State. Briefing newsmen Thursday in Calabar, Commodore Obed Ngalabak, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship Victory (NNSV), said the suspect was arrested on October 26, 2016 at Nakanda-Idebe area in Bakassi Local Government. Ngalabak handed over the suspect to Cross River State Director of Department of State Services, DSS. He said the hand over was in compliance with the directive issued by Rear Adm. James Oluwole, Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command. He said the operation that led to the arrest of the suspect was carried out by men of the Nigerian Navy Special Forces attached to the NNS-V. “On the 26 October 2016, men of the Nigerian Navy arrested one Mr. Augustine Effiong at his shop around Nakanda-Idebe in Bakassi local government area. “Intelligence reports had indicated that the suspect owns a pharmacy and

works in collaboration with militants by hiding and providing medical services to injured members of the Bakassi Strike Force and Aston Boys militants groups. “Upon his arrest, the suspect claimed he was forced by Benjamin Ene a.k.a ‘G1’ and Victor Ene, a.k.a ‘G3’ to provide drugs and other medical essentials to the groups. “However, his failure to report the activities of the militants to appropriate authority shows that he was a willing accomplice and our men had to disguise themselves as patients with a view to arrest him. “Each time we engage the militants in exchange of fire and they sustain bullet injuries, they will run to Effiong for treatment,” he said. Commodore Ngalabak said the Navy had in recent times arrested no fewer than 10 suspected militants in the creeks and handed them over to the relevant agencies for further actions. News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that ‘G1’ who has been in the wanted list of security agencies in the state, had on November 8, returned a General Purpose Machine Gun and AK 47 rifles to the army and called for peace.

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Edo begins deliberation on 2017 budget next week

do State government has expressed its determination to start work on its first budget next week. Governor Godwin Obaseki made this known to members of the state House of Assembly who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Benin. The governor said his pre-budget team would start discussing the 2017 budget proposal with the House of Assembly from next week.

He said: “Next week, we will be sending our first executive bill to you. It is critical and when the time is right, we will know publicly. We want to work with you, and to assure you that the very step you take, we will first consult with you. “Starting from next week, when we will be sending the team, the prebudget team to come and meet with the Budget Committee of the House to seat down and begin to discuss the framework for next year budget.”

While pledging to run a transparent administration, which will at all times listen to the voices of the people, the governor pledged that the government will build on the foundation laid by its predecessor. His words: “I want to assure you that we are going to run a very transparent government and your duty of over sight is very important. You have in us, a listening government. We would rather hear from you before we talk to you.

Like we have said on several occasions, this is the dawn of a new era.” Responding, the Speaker, Rt Hon. (Dr.) Justin Okonobo said members of the state assembly undertook the visit to familiarise themselves with the governor, just as he stated the readiness of members to work with Governor Obaseki. The Speaker declared that they were ready to make legislations that would be of benefit to the people of Edo State.

Port Harcourt to experience 27 hours power outage

ort Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, PHED, said electricity supply will be disrupted in Port Harcourt between November 17 and 19 for repairs and upgrade of facilities. The company’s spokesman, Mr John Onyi, dis-

closed this yesterday in Port Harcourt in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN. He said the planned power outage would commence from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily during the period. “Electricity customers within Port Harcourt metropolis will witness power

outage starting from today, November 17 to November 19, 2016. “The planned outage is to allow the technical crew from Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, carry out re-conduction of Afam 132kv lines. “Therefore, power cuts will take place from 9 a.m.

to 6 p.m. on each day,” he said. Onyi said the repair work, when completed, would enable the company to provide improved electricity supply to users in the city. He appealed to residents to exercise patience during the period.

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Your support for Atiku tactless, Buhari supporters tell Bindow Livinus Menedi YOLA

he declaration of support by the Adamawa State government for the 2019 presidential ambition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has elicited sharp criticisms from supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari. Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari in their reaction in Yola on Wednesday, rebuked Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow describing the action of the state government as ‘ill-informed’. Speaking on behalf of all the amalgamated groups under the Buhari Support Organisation, Isa Ahmed Gonja, said the group saw the support of the Adamawa state government for

2019 presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a repayment of the endorsement of Atiku for Governor Jibrilla Bindow’s second term. Condemning the action of the state government, Gonja said the action of the state government at such a time when there were many pressing issues begging for the attention of the government, only confirmed the ‘thoughtlessness’ of the administration. He said, :”It is outright thoughtlessness for the Bindow administration to dabble into the 2019 presidential election when there are too many issues begging for attention of the government. Looking at the whole scenario, we are tempted to question the motive behind the governor’s endorsement of Atiku for an office

being occupied by his own party member. Is it a calculated attempt to create confusion in the party ahead of the general election? What is the wisdom in it? “We dare say it is only in our dear state under a governor like Bindow that one can witness what happened last Thursday. With concerted efforts being made to effectively address the myriad of problems confronting the country, especially the current economic and security situation, the Buhari administration needs the support of all well-meaning Nigerians to liberate the country and the people, not distractions.” Gonja added that as stakeholders they frowned at this development which he said was capable of generating unnecessary political tension not only in the state but the entire country.

He said, “Without equivocation nothing can be more careless and naïve than this at a time like this in our dear country, Nigeria. “As key stakeholders, we frown at this development which is capable of generating unnecessary political tension not only in our state but the entire country.” Meanwhile, the Adamawa State government has distanced itself from the news report linking the state Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow of withdrawing its backing for Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency in turn for the presidential aspiration of the former Vice President. Yohanna Mathias, the Chief Press Secretary in his rebuttal emphatically stated that “His Excellency, the state Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow never

made such a statements; nor did he direct any of his spokesperson to make that statement on his behalf”. He said the statement credited to the Chief of

Staff , Adamawa government, Alh. Abdulrahman Abba Jimeta, should be treated as the personal opinion expressed by the aide.

Aregbesola commended for creating new LCDAs Boladale Bamigbola OSOGBO

community leader, Chief Abiola Ogundokun has commended Osun state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, for creating additional local government areas in line with the wishes of the people. He subsequently called on the communities where the new councils are located to take good advantage of them. Ogundokun, who stated this while handing over a secretariat built for Iwo East Local Council Development Area, LCDA, said “I appreciate the state government under the able leadership of Governor Rauf Aregbesola for working assiduously towards ensuring speedy and even development of all parts of the state. “Aregbesola is doing his best humanly possible even at this time when it requires ingenious and cre-

ative capacity for a courageous and visionary leadership to deliver good results because of the tough and hostile economic climate foisted on us by unpredictable factors. “Governor Aregbesola deserves commendation for initiating and executing series of capital projects, despite serious economic recession. I have personally monitored these projects and my conclusion is that the projects have the potency of laying a solid foundation for future development of our state,” he concluded. Responding, Governor Aregbesola thanked Ogundokun for donating the administrative building, saying the gestures would go a long way to further strengthen affinity and intimacy between the people and government at the grassroots. He said the new LCDAs were created to protect the general interests of the people by making government more closer to them.

Kalu’s defection, a good morale booster —APC Ifeanyi Ashikodi UMUAHIA

L-R: Member, Lagos State House of Assembly(LAHA), Hon. Yinka Ogundimu; member, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Sen. Prince Yormie Johnson (Liberia); Speaker LAHA, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and acting clerk LAHA, Mr Azeez Sanni, during ECOWAS parliamentarian visit to the Speaker in Lagos, yesterday.

Osun parliament moves to revitalise N20bn abandoned federal project

sun State House of Assembly has begun move to facilitate the revitalisation of the abandoned federal government projects of over N20.318 billion in the state. At the plenary on Tuesday, the Deputy Speaker, Akintunde Adegboye who presided over the sitting said, while the governor should be written to pursue the abandoned roads at the federal level, a representation would be made to the National Assembly to ensure budgetary provision. The pronouncement of the parliament followed the alarm, earlier raised at the plenary by Honourable Olatunbosun Oyintiloye representing Obokun Con-

stituency, over the abandoned federal projects of about N20.318 billion in the state ranging from road infrastructure, water scheme and housing. During the appearance of the relevant officials of the federal and state government ministry and agencies to give status reports on the projects, Oyintiloye said the affected road projects costs N16.519 billion, housing costs N2.955 billion and water scheme costs N844.342 million. He identified dualisation of Mayfair junctionLagere-Iremo-Enuwa-Ilesha bye pass road in Ile-Ife (22km), Gbongan-Iwo-Oyo S/B Road (46km), rehabilitation of Oshogbo-Ilesha

road (27km), rehabilitation of Oyan Township pipeline and Iwo Township Water Supply Scheme among others. Noting that on the list of beneficiary states in terms of federal government projects, Osun is one of the states at the lowest ebb, regretting that many of the little given to the state were still being abandoned. He said the revitalisation of the projects would enhance job creation, compliment the efforts of the state in ensuring good road network, ensure that clean water is available and enhance the efforts of the government in improving its revenue. Also, Honourable Ka-

mardeen Akanbi representing Ede North constituency identified Akoda-Ede-Airport-Osogbo road as one of the roads in deplorable conditions, calling on the house to prevail on the relevant agencies of government to attend to the road and such other roads across the state. Responding to issues raised by members on the abandonment and deplorable conditions of federal projects in the state in their various contribution, the Federal Controller of Works, Engineer Wasiu Atitebi said, a number of contractors handling some of the federal road projects were being owed, forcing them to leave the sites.

he All Progressive Congress, APC Abia state chapter has described the defection of the former Governor of the state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu from PPA to APC as a welcome development and a great moral booster to the party in the state. The Chairman of the party in Abia state, Chief Donatus Nwankpa stated this on Thursday while speaking with National Mirror on the defection, stating that with the influence of Kalu in the South East zone, the people will soon begin to embrace the party. He explained that the move would assist in entrenching the South East zone into the main stream of National politics. Chief Nwankpa noted that the coming of the former Governor to the party would mark a turning point for APC in the state. On the change begins

with me initiative of the federal government , he commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the programme and urged Nigerians to see themselves as being part of the new Nigeria order by keying into the programme. Speaking on the issue of Kalu’s defection, two times speaker in the Abia State House of Assembly and state coordinator Abia APC , Rt Hon. Stanley Ohajuruka said Dr Orji Uzor Kalu defection to APC is a welcome development adding that with him and other seasoned politicians the party will take over the state in 2019. He described APC as the vehicle that will drive the country forward and for South East to produce president Ndigbo should embrace APC. In his view , a legal practitioner in Abia State, Barr Felix Ihedioha noted that as human Kalu”s wish should be respected as he knows the best for himself.

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APC to Ekiti Gov: You can’t escape scrutiny in bailout disbursement Abiodun Nejo ADO EKITI

he All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti State has urged the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose to desist from hiding under the constitution to abuse the bailout fund, a special intervention scheme with set of rules for strict application of funds. It accused the Governor of playing pranks to avoid scrutiny by Senate

Committee on Local Governments in the disbursement of the bailout cash approved to the state by the Federal Government. APC State Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti yesterday that the bailout is different from the regular federal allocation that cannot be monitored by the allocating authority. The statement was in response to a letter allegedly written by the governor to the Federal

Government, citing separation of power and independence of the state in the appropriation and application of federal funds allocated to the state governments. The governor had in the letter allegedly insisted that fiscal independence by the states would not allow his government to open its books to the Senate Committee touring the states to investigate how the bailout cash was spent.

But Olatunbosun said the governor was playing with facts and the law to avoid scrutiny on how he spent the special funds specifically approved to pay backlog of salaries, pensions and other entitlements to former political office holders. According to him, the governor’s action is a confirmation of the party’s earlier allegation that he had misappropriated the fund.

He said: “Fayose cannot pretend that he did not know that the Federal Government attached certain terms and conditions to the bailout before he collected it and we wonder why a governor that agreed to the terms is now refusing to explain how he spent the money to establish transparency in the application of such terms. “The bailout is like taking a bond that is programme-specific and

Fayose knew this before he took the bailout and we wonder why he is now behaving as if the bailout is a Father Christmas gift that doesn’t require accountability. “It is now glaring that Fayose has many things to hide, as we had on several occasions cried that he had diverted the bailout to his private pocket instead of using it to pay salaries as the main condition attached to the loan,” he stated.

Ekiti Assembly ratifies councilors’ suspension Abiodun Nejo ADO EKITI

he Ekiti State House of Assembly has ratified the suspension of two councilors in Efon Local Government area of the state for unethical behaviour and gross misconduct. The House also backed the council’s decision mandating three other councilors to tender letters of undertaking to be of good behaviour throughout their tenure as councilors. A statement by the House Committee on Information Chairman, Hon. Samuel Omotoso, listed the suspended councilors as Aladejare Adewole and Ogunmayowa Taiwo, while those mandated to write letters of undertaking are Ayodele Lawrence, Adesua Busayo and Ogundare Lekan. According to the statement, the Deputy Leader, Hon. Adeniran Alagbada, said the House ought to act fast to nip the crisis that might engulfed the council in the bud. Alagbada said that some leaders in the council petitioned the Assembly on an impending crisis in the council and the House set up an investigation panel to look into the crisis. Panel Chairman, Hon. Badejo Anifowose, Moba constituency II, said the House deliberated on the petition, invited parties in the crisis and discovered that evidence pointed to crisis in the legislative arm, while the affected councilors were found culpable. Anifowose said the day-to-day legislative activities in the council had been abruptly hampered as a result of the crisis, while efforts to checkmate the councilors’

“unethical behaviours” proved abortive. The panel recommended that the resolution of Efon Local Government on the erring councilors should be upheld and recommended constant interface of all local government legislative arms with the State House of Assembly to nurture the system. The panel described the purported impeachment of the Leader of Business in the council, Mr Adejolu Adesina, as null and void.

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson (centre) acknowledging cheers from supporters, as he makes a triumphant return to the Peace Park in Yenagoa for a welcome reception, organised to celebrate his victory at the Supreme Court, yesterday.

Ogun Assembly orders suspension of Works’ Commissioner Femi Oyeweso ABEOKUTA

gun state House of Assembly yesterday ordered for the immediate suspension from office, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Arch. Lekan Adegbite over act of disrespect meted out to the Committee of the Whole House when he appeared before it on Thursday. The Assembly, which passed “a vote of no confidence” on Arc. Adegbite, also demanded that the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun should cause the commissioner to handover all necessary documents and paraphernalia of office at his disposal to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and thereafter, cease to parade himself as a commissioner of the state. The decision to suspend the commissioner followed a motion moved by the Majority Leader of the House, Honourable Adeyinka Mafe, which was also seconded by Honourable Tunde Sanusi and finally supported by the entire lawmakers. In moving the motion for the commissioner’s suspension, Hon. Mafe

said Adegbite had conducted himself before the Committee of the Whole House in a manner perceived as improper and unfit of a commissioner of the state and as such should cease to be an ambassador of the state. “Giving the totality of the submission of over 2/3 majority members of this House and deriving the power from the provision of the Constitutions; Section 192. This noble House hereby, resolved that in the opinion of the House, a vote of no confidence is hereby passed on Architect Olamilekan Adegbite for his conduct perceived as improper to be a com-

missioner”. “And this House advice His Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun to immediately suspend the commissioner and cause him to handover all the paraphernalia of office to the Permanent Secretary and ceases to parade himself as the commissioner of Ogun state”. The Assembly had earlier invited four commissioners in the state to appear before it and shed light on the need to expedite action on the state of roads across the state with a view to setting pace for the year 2017 budget estimate. Those commissioners

invited included Adegbite, that of the Special Duties, Barrister Adeleke Adewolu; Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jide Ojuko as well as the Budget and Planning Commissioner , Ms. Adenrele Adesina. While fielding questions from the lawmakers on Thursday, Adegbite demanded for an apology from the House’ Committee of the Whole, presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo saying it must tender an apology for keeping him and the two other commissioners waiting outside for about 45 minutes before he could proceed to

answer their questions. When the lawmakers also asked him to provide explanation to the questions asked and stop addressing another issue, the commissioner resulted to abusing the lawmakers, calling them more unprintable names, saying “you are all fools”. The development however, infuriated the assembly members, who later converged at the office of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Suraju Adekunbi where they took position and headed straight for the plenary session where they eventually demanded for his suspension.

Kwara PDP leaders arraigned in court Wole Adedeji ILORIN

eaders of a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were yesterday charged before an Ilorin Chief Magistrate Court for alleged wrongful confinement to extort property. They were also alleged in a police First Information Report, FIR of a conspiracy to illegal acts contrary to section 260 of

Penal Code Law on October 31, 2016 based on a report by one Sharafadeen Ibrahim, State PDP Youth Leader to the police. The leaders were Prince Sunday Fagbemi, Alhaji Illiasu Ibrahim, Barr. Kunle Suleiman, Alhaji Atanda Soro, Mr. Jide Usman and Captain Isiaka Alao (retd) It was said to have been reported by PDP Chief Security Officer that, Prince Fagbemi who is a factional Chairman of the party lead over 100

“miscreants and thugs into the party secretariat along Asa Dam, Ilorin and forced themselves into some offices and caused damages to properties in the offices. They were also alleged to have carted away properties of the party. The leaders who were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Kuburatu Yahaya however pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Their lawyer, Barrister Joseph Ashaolu prayed

the court to grant them bail based on self recognition because according to him, they were reputable personalities who were law abiding and responsible. The prosecutor; Inspector Kareem Jimoh did not object to their bails asking the court to use its discretion. They were granted bail of N100,000 each and one surety in the like sum. Further hearing had been fixed for December 14. 2016.

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Self medication as a healthcare issue in Nigeria Victor Ifedayo Adekeye

imply put, self medication is the use of drugs for therapeutic intention without professional advice or prescription. Self-medication is common in anti-malaria, antibiotics and other easily accessible drugs. Self-medication is a huge challenge to healthcare in developing countries such as Nigeria. The root of this self-medication can be traced to the low level of legal regulation of drug access in these countries. Access to drugs in Nigeria is as easy as going to the market for any normal transactions. Drug vendors, chemists, provision stores, wheel-barrow hawkers are involved in drug retail business in Nigeria. This easy access has given drug users unrestricted access to drugs which allows them to selfmedicate; and sometimes abuses same. The readily availability of drugs at the beck and call of every person has acted as the propellant to self medication all over the country. Certain diseases and ailment such as malaria and headache are commonly described as simple ailments by an average Nigerian, who sees no reason to run to the medical practitioner or a healthcare professional before treating same. Individual could just walk to the next drug store; buy a pack of drugs, no question asked and thereafter kick starts the self medication process. Over the years, the ignorance of self medicators has caused a lot of damages to

them, starting from bacteria resistance to drugs, increased morbidity and many more deleterious medical conditions. Certain chemicals contained in these drugs should be consumed and taken in a proportionate ways; in other cases, these drugs are to be taken with others drugs whose primary duty is to neutralize the negatives and excesses of the said pills. However, these precautions are usually within the knowledge of professionals, who have been sidelined by the self-medicating individuals. Self-medication caused as much damage to individuals as in the process of selfmedicating, the individual wastes times in timeously informing an healthcare professional about such ailment and due to this, situations where such ailments which should have been tackled earlier does not happen and by the time of consulting an expert, the illness would have done irreparable damage to the body, thus leaving little or no chance of recovery for the self medicator. The resort to self medication can be attributed to many factors; and they include but are not limited to cost of consulting a healthcare professional; long waiting periods at the hospitals or healthcare centres; minor ailments; time saving advantage of self-medication; shortage of medical practitioners, and many more. Another factor contributing to self-medicating is drug advertisements on television, radio and other advertising agencies. These adverts hardly stipulate the need to take these medica-

Access to drugs in Nigeria is as easy as

going to the market for any normal transactions tions under the guidance of medical or healthcare practitioners. Research has shown that these adverts have unknowingly given unwarranted and false confidence to many individuals who assume that they can use these medications without consulting any healthcare professional, but totally oblivious of the injury they can cause to themselves. These factors have propagated self-medication over the years and if not adequately and timeously attended to will continue to propel self-medication in Nigeria. Self medication should not be treated with levity in the Nigerian healthcare sector as this has caused lots of death over the years. In the battle against self-medication the following are recommended: The healthcare sector should make ample efforts in educating Nigerians about the negatives of self-medication and its hazardous effect over time. Patronage of local medical vendors should also be discouraged as some of these drugs are expired ones. Advertisement of drugs should only be allowed on the condition that such advertising organizations will verily inform their

targeted audience of the need to take such drugs under the guidance of healthcare professionals. Another preventive measure should be the establishment of a special taskforce working under the partnership of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria and the law enforcement agents in the drive to curb illegal sale of drugs. This taskforce should be charged with the responsibility of ensuring that all drug vendors should be duly licensed and even the licensed ones be made to have competent healthcare professionals who will prescribe the taking of such medication to the patients before the dispensation of such drug is done. Adequate attention should be paid to this because if illegal and unnecessary supply of drugs is attacked, self-medication will substantially reduce. Pharmaceutical stores should only dispense drugs after proper prescriptions to users. Provision stores should also be banned from selling drugs unless they are duly licensed by the appropriate authorities. The issue of self-medication has been detrimental to the Nigerian healthcare delivery system and unless carefully curbed and controlled, it can lead to the ill health and even eventual death of individuals who only see the doctor when their health situations get worse. Adekeye is a Lagos-based medical law practitioner

Now that Trump has triumphed

Tayo Ogunbiyi

ast year, it was hurricane Buhari in the Nigerian national elections. This time around it is hurricane Trump in the United States. Against all odds, Mr. Donald Trump has bulldozed his way to the White House, thus becoming the 45th President of the United States. This is the first time in the history of the United States’ political structure that a contestant considered an ‘outsider’ would be elected President. Trump is not your typical everyday politician. His own political party was not actually in his support. Major media houses in the country were against him. But all that matters no more. In a uniquely dramatic and historic poll, Trump won in key swing states of Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, as he marched towards the White House. However, unlike Mr. Trump who had earlier stated that he wouldn’t concede defeat if he lost the election, Mrs. Clinton called to congratulate the President elect even while awaiting a few outstanding poll results. While addressing a group of his supporters at his campaign headquarters in New York, Mr Trump pledged that he would be “president for all Americans”. He promised to connect with a lot of the people who had not supported him with a view to uniting a seriously divided country. In a largely uninspiring and dull speech, Mr. Trump said: “Now it’s time to bind the wounds of division. I say to Democrats and Republicans, it is time come together as one united people.”I pledge to be president for all Americans”. Mr. Trump further added: “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.” Offering a hint as to how he was able to walk his way to the White House against all

A case of when we get to the bridge, we will cross it? odds, Mr. Trump revealed that it was not really a campaign but a movement that had given him victory. In sharp departure from his characteristic brutal tough talking tone, Trump’s speech was unusually subdued and patronizing. He caught a picture of one who is humbled in victory as he commended Mrs. Clinton and her team for a hard fought poll. Could this be the sign of things to come? Now that Trump has triumphed, could it be that the world might be seeing a more urbane and sober character? Well, time will tell. But then, the outcome of the United States Presidential election still leaves so many questions unanswered. For instance, how did a political rookie like Mr. Trump record such unbelievable feat of upstaging an established politician of Mrs. Clinton pedigree? How did a man who primes himself as being smart, having cleverly (or mischievously) evaded tax for eighteen years, find his way into the White House? Why did Americans prefer a candidate who pledged to shut the doors of the country on other nations? How did a supposedly woman abuser warm his way into the electorates hearts? How did a man who publicly called a fellow contestant “a nasty woman” triumph at the poll? These are some of the questions that political commentators, analysts and experts might be attempting to proffer answers to in the coming days. In the meantime, one could see the similitude of the Buhari change mantra antic at play in the just concluded American election. In the Nigerian experience, the electorates

massively voted out the previous administration based on their disappointment over the economy, recurrent fuel crisis, perceived corrupt tendencies, security challenges and infrastructure decay among others. Though most electorates were not really certain about the competence and preparedness of President Buhari to handle the top job, they, nevertheless, expressed their frustration with the past administration by massively voting it out of office. A case of when we get to the bridge, we will cross it? In same manner, it is plausible that the American electorates merely used this election to express their frustration at the inability of the American political system, over the years, to really turn things around for the people. When current American President, Barrack Obama, began his campaign for the presidency, his slogan, “Yes we can”, was about hope and change. Like Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King and Bill Clinton, Obama dazzled Americans with his messages of hope and new beginnings. He spoke glowingly on how he would create jobs, improve the economy, regulate taxes, reduce deficits, improve energy and education in addition to promoting world peace. The magic paid off ! Swayed by these promises, Americans overwhelmingly elected Obama president, thereby making him the first African –American to hold sway at the White House. However, with millions of Americans out of work, and many others underemployed, Obama lost the momentum. Suddenly, his ‘Hope and Change’ slogan was being sarcastically derided by Americans with: “We hope he changes.” As he comes close to the eighth anniversary of his presidency, things are no longer at ease in the country. A recent survey indicates

that more Americans see him as ‘incompetent’ or ‘lame duck’. His foreign and domestic policies are being fiercely criticized. According to a recent ABC polls, 65% of his countrymen are of the views that America is on the “wrong track.” The outcome of the just concluded American elections in which the Republican swept all the major stakes, without a doubt, could be a reflection of the poor rating of Obama. The electorates possibly meted out their disenchantment with the system on Mrs. Clinton who is equally deemed an embodiment of the ‘rigged’ American system. Meanwhile, there are reports that financial markets across the world plunged sharply as Mr Trump won at the poll. It will be recalled that Mr Trump had threaten to rip up a free trade agreement with Mexico and tax money sent home by migrants to pay for building a wall on the southern US border if elected president caused the peso to hit a record low. Now that Mr. Trump has triumphed, it will be interesting to see what relations between the US and Russia would look like. It would equally be fascinating to see how Mr. Trump employs a ‘rigged’ system to make America great again. Now that Americans have spoken through their votes, one only hopes, in Nigerian parlance, that they have not ‘entered one chance’. Ogunbiyi is of the Features Unit, Ministry of Information & Strategy, Alausa, Ikeja.

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Buhari is doing his best toCommunity fight corruptionMirror —Iloh Rev. (Dr) Moses Iloh, a fiery social critic and founder of Soul Winning Chapel in Yaba, Lagos in this interview with AYO ESAN speaks on administration of President Muhammadu Buhari especially his fight against corruption among other issues of national importance. Excerpts:

Rev. Chris Okotie, speaking on the state of the nation

House, can you imagine, so now look When the come , come to come at the Jibrin’s case and the House of everybody will sit up in this Ministry. Reps . What you will see is that they

hat is your assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration? President Muhammadu Buhari is doing his best. As far as I am concerned, he is doing his best , the best that anybody can do under the present circumstances. How do you see his anti - corruption fight? One thing you must understand is that, it is only a man with his kind of courage, his kind of background that can really fight corruption. See, what we should not forget is that, corruption is not just taking money, corruption is spoiling, and spoiling is demonic, so it is a spiritual problem. Now I wouldn’t say he is very strong spiritually but physically, intellectually and otherwise using his normal human capability he is doing very well. Now it is like this, take for example sport, we said on your mark, get set, go and as you are going, you are turning your head back , you are looking at the right, you are looking at the left, you can never be fast because the distractions are so much. Buhari is in the middle of the diehard corrupt people and you know they are heartless when you want to touch them. Now the battle is not just about fighting corruption, I don’t think he has started fighting corruption yet, what he is fighting now is the corrupt, and the corrupt are not easy at all to fight. They have all it takes to stop you, they have money, they have strong mind and it is tough for him. So all he is doing is trying and I do realise that as he is trying to fight corruption , traps are been set for him to make a mistake, do you think if Buhari makes a mistake now the Senate will not impeach him , of course they will. To show you how dangerous corruption is, his party is becoming a problem for him, so he has difficulties moving forward , he is struggling and I think he is doing his best. Most of us are praying for him, without God, he can’t do what he is doing now. I am telling you the truth. The force of darkness called corruption in Nigeria is very serious and difficult

Now the battle is not just about fighting corruption, I don’t think he has started fighting corruption yet, what he is fighting now is the corrupt, and the corrupt are not easy at all to fight. They have all it takes to stop you, they have money, they have strong mind and it is tough for him. to beat. So what he has done so far, see, you know in recent times, I used to ask myself a question, supposing at the end of this government, Buhari refuse to run again where will you get another Buhari from, where will you get another one from, look around Nigeria. Look at what is happening , the High Courts Judges , everywhere you turn is corruption because corruption is not just a physical thing, it’s a spiritual thing and it is demonic. So it’s a serious thing and I want to praise him for what he’s doing, only those that are not corrupt see good in what he is doing. Then on the issue of these judges, many people said the manner of their arrest, going to their house at night was not too good enough , what is your take on the arrest of judges that are alleges to be corrupt? The arrest of judges was thorough and I respect it, it shows that security people are vigilant, if you are not vigilant, how will you know that there is money in the house of a judge, stolen money. So it is perfect, if they didn’t do that, they wouldn’t get them. So I

are no longer fighting corruption ,

HON MINISTER FOR PETROLEUM RESOURCES,ALIISON MADUEKE it is corruption that is fighting cor-

think is perfect whichever way you catch a thief, I think it is justified, the end is what justified the attempt or the effort. I think the way they were caught is very good. If anyone think he is innocent he should go to court and claim damages . For example what is bothering me is the young man called Jibrin, he has put everything to expose evil in the House of Reps, why are Nigerians keeping quiet, they should follow what he has said, investigate it, if he lied, charge him for perjury. But today the House of Reps, they are sitting in authority and making laws, it is ridiculous, it just show you that something is wrong , the youths aren’t protesting, the market people aren’t protesting , labour aren’t protesting. The truth is that they should go ahead and investigate all the people he said are corrupt , if he lied take him to court for perjury and if he said the right thing follow it up and cleanse this corruption. And Jibrin was suspended by the House Yes he was suspended by the

ruption, which is an aberration. It is a terrible thing and it is forbidden, corruption fighting corruption, they are there making laws for us but we are the ones in problem .The danger we are facing now is that all the super rich corrupt ones, they went to split Nigeria. All these Biafra agitators and Niger Delta militants want to split Nigeria so that the stolen wealth will not be returned to Nigeria . Nigerians should watch out, the goal of the corrupt rich ones is to break Nigeria so that there will be no Nigeria for them to return their loot. This House of Reps you have mentioned now, they have been alleged to have spent over N3.6bn in buying exotic cars, with the situation of the economy, do you think their action is in order? In simple term, this is criminal, there are states that cannot afford to pay salary and some of these states can’t afford to pay eighteen thousand naira a month, how do you explain it . And these members of the House of Reps , are they not human beings? don’t they have conscience , don’t they have feelings, don’t they have emotions to do a thing like this, that is why I look at labour organisation in Nigeria, it is nothing, because the labour movement is a change agent , they should be able to move out now and do something. But you will see them in cars and is not the only cars they have, they have others cars, I think it shows that they have no conscience and the labour and the women and the students should march into the House of Reps and stop them from sitting and kick them out. And if Nigeria is serious about fighting corruption those that vote them in should try to bring them out, recall them , this is incredible, the world is reading these things you know, it shows that we are heartless . As I told you earlier that corruption is evil and demonic it is not an ordinary thing. Only recently, some of the Chibok girls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram Sect were released to the government although some of them are still there, how do you see the effort of government in rescuing these girls from the kidnappers? We do not have all of the details as for how the Red Cross negotiated it but certainly if that negotiation is possible they should continue . I think the government should continue to see what can be done in getting the remaining girls released . The way that first one was done I think it could be a good thing to follow the same route and see if we can be fortunate to get back our children .

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Imperatives of restructuring Nigeria

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ontrary to the view held in some quarters, restructuring Nigeria does not mean the revocation of the country’s unity nor her sovereignty but strengthening its federalism. A restructured Nigerian federalism will strengthen the nation’s economic base by diversifying it into the production of those resources that each state is endowed with

and each state contributing to the centre and sharing according to their contribution. Not the other way round of waiting to share from the mono-economic product (oil) at the end of every month as is currently the case. Nations across the world make changes that suit their time and generation. A constitution is not a static document. Instead, it’s sub-

ject to changes. As a result, Nigeria can be restructured to suit our time and generation. If Nigeria’s ethnic nationalities support changes that will ensure fair treatment for all, equal citizenship and love for country, then that is the way to go. Please, let us go for that. There is no doubt that we practise absolute dysfunctional feder-

ith about nine years as head of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde has done exceptionally well. The transformation which he took the Board through is huge. He modernised the operations of the Board at such a dizzying pace that I used to fondly call him the “magician” in JAMB. I note that he worked with exceptional directors and I should single out Dr. Yusuf Lawal, who oversees Test Administration. With the appointment of Prof. Is-haq Oloyede as the new Registrar, JAMB is in for a revolutionary time in terms of delivering more effectively on its mandate. Oloyede parades excellent credentials to lead a whole sector like education in Nigeria hence asking him to head a parastatal in education is like asking a 5-star, battle-tested general to quell a fight between two “area boys” in Ajegunle! Oloyede ran University of Ilorin as a model for the Nigerian university system and served dutifully as Chairman of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and at the continental level, as President of the Association of African Universities. He is a no-nonsense, clear-headed scholar who is globally consulted on higher education matters including issues dealing with admitting quality students which fit in with the JAMB mandate. I am convinced that he will smoothen the rough edges of the unfortunate furore around the 2016 admission process. On the matter of the relevance of JAMB, I am unshaken in my belief that at this time in the nation’s higher education development, the body is still a relevant player. The important thing is for JAMB not to overstep its bounds by infringing on those areas where the universities should exercise their autonomy. Post-UTME test, as originally conceived in 2004, not in its present adulterated form, is still a must if we are to get better quality students for our higher education system. Rather than shut the door on Post-UTME test, we should scape off whatever the universities are not doing right and not throw the baby out with the bath water. Prof Peter A. Okebukola, Abuja

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L-R: Editor, Our Moment Newspaper, David Olanrewaju; Chief (Mrs.) Felicia Oyebola Atolagbe and Joseph Olanrewaju, during Felicia Oyebola’s Mother’s Grand Burial Ceremony in Ekan-Meje, Kwara State, recently.

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t looked like the ATM card at a distance. I drew closer to some of the pregnant women and officials of the Ogun State Ministry of Health in order to assess it. Indeed, it was like the ATM or National Identity Card. The biometrics of the beneficiaries were captured in the cards. The poor pregnant women at the event caressed them and offered gratitude to the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, for a new lease of life. From Monday, July, 11, 2016, when the Araya Scale-up (Community Based Health Insurance Scheme) was launched at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, the card qualifies them to visit any of the designated health care providers in their respective local government areas and access free health care without paying a dime. The free health treatment covers all manner of local endemic diseases that contend with the health of pregnant women, mothers and their children. Ante natal and post natal services are assured. They will equally not have to worry about payment for diagnostic tests as this is also covered by the scheme. This is the first of such scheme in the history of Ogun

State. With the Ogun Araya Access Card, according to the Commissioner for Health, Dr Tunde Ipaye, the pregnant women who belong to the lower 25 percent of the population, living on less than two dollars a day, and their children under the age of five, have access to free health services without any form of payment. This is not a scheme in the pipeline. Many pregnant women in Abeokuta North and Abeokuta South Local Government Areas are already enjoying the free health facilities, including free drugs. This social insurance scheme, once again, highlights the welfarist policy of the Ibikunle Amosun administration in Ogun State. As the governor often says, we are here because of these people. From July till the end of the year 2016, over 20, 000 pregnant women and their under-5 children will go to any four designated health care providers (private and public) in their respective LGAs with their Araya Access Cards and get free health services anytime, any day, 24/7! And to underscore his commitment to the free health scheme, the governor has already released in advance funds for to cover it till the end of 2016.

The leadership of the National Health Insurance Scheme and Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, were so impressed by this innovation and practical commitment demonstrated by the Ogun State government that they pledged to collaborate with the current administration. And if they make good their promise, as we expect them to do, the 20,000 number should double by the end of 2016. It should be mentioned that this community-based Health Insurance Scheme (for pregnant women and under-5 children) is a subset of the Ogun State Health Insurance Scheme, which will be for the entire residents of the state. Ordinarily, in any insurance scheme, participants ought to pay a premium. But for the peasant pregnant women and their U-5 children, the Amosun administration has offset the premium. Once the Ogun State Health Insurance Scheme operates full steam, the entire vulnerable community in the state is guaranteed of free health care services. This is another feather to the cap of Governor Amosun. As it is said, a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. Soyombo Opeyemi, Abeokuta

alism in the country. If we are to practise real federalism as done by the nations we borrowed this concepts from – for heaven’s sake, let us do it like them. That will develop Nigeria faster than we all can imagine. True federalism is the recognition that each state is autonomous politically and economically. It recognises the true concept of a three-tier system of government (federal, state and local government). These three tiers of government will need to be restructured starting from to bottom to the up for even national development. If the local governments are properly restructured as a municipal government, it will improve their macro economy as well as their capacity for service delivery. Under this arrangement, the municipal government will be headed by a local government chairman, appointed on competence and merit to administer local government programmes. The local government chairman can be fired for non-performance, manifested incompetence or poor moral character. Under this local government administrative structure, the local government chairman is considered a politician and member as well as chairperson of the Local Government Council and functions strictly in that capacity in the legislative arm of the local government. This structure will provide good governance and effective service delivery to Nigerian citizens at the grass roots. This bottom-up development model can then provide the critical infrastructure necessary for growth such as electricity, schools, hospitals, water treatment, create jobs and cottage industries for youths and women. And will drive SEEDS/NEEDS and the Sustainable Development Goals objectives. Then, we will have a beautiful country from the North to the South, East to West and from coast to coast. True federalism will challenge the will of Nigerians, bring out our talents and produce a greater Nigeria that we will be proud to bequeath to the coming generation. Restructuring Nigerian federalism is nothing to be feared, but something to be embraced by all Nigerians. To me, this is the real change that this administration can give to Nigerians. In line with my usual concluding phrase borrowed from the United States’ president, Barack Obama, I wish to enjoin Nigerians that “our destiny is not written for us, but by us.” And greatness is never achieved by wishful thinking. Dr. Emmanuel J. Ozah, Garki, Abuja.

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Kaduna and GE launch scheme to equip 278 hospitals A za Msue KADUNA

aduna State government and global corporate giant General Electric, GE, Thursday flagged-off a programme to equip 278 health care facilities in

the state. According to the state government, the programme is the biggest ever refit of the public healthcare infrastructure in the state, which represents the government’s effort to provide a comprehensive solution to the

147 lives lost to auto crashes in Niger in 9 months -FRSC Priscilla Dennis MINNA

t least 147 people lost their lives in 361 road traffic crashes between January and September 2016 in Niger State, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has revealed. Making the disclosure while briefing newsmen during the 2016 African Road Safety Day and World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims, the state Sector Commandant, Alhaji Nma Gana decried the rising rate of accidents in the state. In a breakdown of the statistics, he stated that out of the 361 crashes, 74 were fatal, 265 were serious and 22 were minor. According to him, 915

people were injured and 147 killed, adding that the 2016 figure almost exceeded the number of crashes in 2015. Gana said: “In 2015, 479 road traffic crashes occurred out of which 115 were fatal, 326 serious, 40 minor. In the accident, 1,256 were injured, 191 were killed.” The Acting Sector Commandant also explained that most of the road traffic crashes occurred within the state roads and were speed related, despite the enlightenment carried out. “Of all the enlightenment given in the state regarding the speed limit device, we have not recorded one vehicle that has complied with installing the speed limit device,” he said.

Ortom inaugurates health centre, ambulances

enue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has inaugurated a research centre on malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDs in partnership with the Sustainable Development Goals at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital. He also donated six ambulances and thousands of exercise books and drugs purchased through the same partnership to sole administrators of six councils in the state. Performing the ceremonies separately, Governor Ortom stated that the centre would provide the information necessary for government to formulate and implement policies that would reduce the diseases prevalence in the state. He expressed delight that although the project was initiated by the Federal Government under the 2014/2015 MGDs funding during the last administration, it has been completed through the efforts of his

administration. Governor Ortom thanked the Federal Government for choosing Benue among the north central states to cite the project and assured that his administration would support the research centre to achieve the purpose it was established. Governor Ortom however appealed to the Federal Government to provide the necessary fittings and additional equipment that would make the research centre a real specialist facility. He equally charged the staff of the teaching hospital to live up to expectation by providing the best service to patients and carry out research that would be useful to medical knowledge. On her part, Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals, Dr. Magdaline Dura expressed appreciation to Governor Ortom for his efforts in attracting projects that would benefit the people.

healthcare challenges in the state, including maternal and infant mortality, communicable illnesses and the problems caused by the growth of chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease and cancer. State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, while disclosing this said it is a priority to improve health outcomes for ordinary

people. To achieve these goals, Kaduna State is striving to improve primary healthcare for all people, while at the same time, improving the quality and readiness of health service delivery by ramping up the supply and quality of health professionals. “Kaduna State is putting units of relevant

medical technology including ultrasound, heart monitors, neonatal incubators and anaesthesia machines - into the hands of our health workers. “Ultrasounds are used to detect a range of conditions. It improves the accuracy of tests conducted on the foetus when pregnant women undertake ante-natal visits and can

aid early detection of and referral of pregnancy complications. “V-Scan Access assists primary healthcare workers – such as midwives, general practitioners, paramedics and clinical officers - in low-resource settings to provide information to the user during pregnancy assessments,” he said.

L-R: Former President Goodluck Jonathan; Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III and Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu during the visit of former President Jonathan to condole with the Sultan of Sokoto over the death of the former Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki in Sokoto, yesterday. PHOTO: RABE MANI/JAU/ICE/NAN

Kidnappers of JNI scribe demand N10m ransom James A braham JOS

idnappers of the Secretary of Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, Sheikh Abdulaziz Yusuf, who was

abducted alongside his driver have demanded a N10m ransom effect their release, it was learnt Thursday. The cleric from Oyo State and his driver were abducted on Wednesday

Benue Cargo airport to gulp N38bn

enue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Thursday, put the estimation of the proposed cargo airport in the state at N38bn. The governor, however, clarified that, contrary to the belief, the project is purely a private-driven venture. Ortom, who gave the clarification during an interview with the State House Correspondents in Abuja, said the state government is only providing an enabling environment and land for the project. He said the cargo airport is going to provide a chain of projects that would really promote the economy of the state.

The governor, who stated that the concessional agreement is for 25 years, explained that the consortium has arranged a funding of the project by also offering the state government 15 per cent equity. On the fears being raised that the consortium is a new one, Ortum said: “Well I wouldn’t know about that. All I know like that man in the Bible said: ‘I was blind but now I can see.’ All I want is people who can come and make things work for me in the absence of funding. “So they have made the funding available; they have already provided N5.7bn and is right now in the account and they are ready to do the work.

evening near Kaduna. Our correspondent gathered that the Sheik’s last phone communication was recorded around 6 p.m. on the fateful day where he mentioned that he was approaching Kaduna city. Publicity Secretary of JNI in Plateau State, Alhaji Sani Mudi Thursday confirmed the incident saying the kidnappers had contacted family members and had asked them to prepare to pay the ransom. A family source added: “Yes,it is true. The abductors have made contact and are demanding N10m ransom.” Mudi said Sheikh Abdulaziz was to meet with Sheikh Khalid Aliyu in order to travel to Sokoto on a condolence visit over the death of Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki. Meanwhile, Plateau State government has condemned the abduction of the JNI secretary, and leader, Nurudeen So-

ciety of Nigeria, around Saminaka, Kaduna State describing it as evil which should not be allowed to stand. Governor Simon Lalong in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dan Manjang, while sympathising with the Muslim Umah and the Nurudeen Society, called for calm over the development. He disclosed that machinery has been put in place in conjunction with the Kaduna State government to ensure that Sheikh Abdulazeez Yusuf is not only released in good health but unconditionally, and in the shortest possible time. The governor also warned that government will not take it kindly with criminals who take the law in their hands, adding that the full weight of the law will be placed on hoodlums in the state.

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Genny Uzoma: y all standards, Imo State born Genny Uzoma has all it takes to be ticked off as one of the future faces in Nollywood. After a brief stint in acting, she left to work in a telecoms company but made a U-turn back to the industry three years ago. Her efforts have been crowned with numerous roles and some nominations and awards including the Best of Nollywood Award for the Best New Act in 2015.

Belinda Effah: Belinda Effah is an actress and presenter. She first hit the screen in the 2005 TV series Shallow Waters and was again seen in Next Movie Star, a reality TV show. She is good with her act and beautiful too. She has featured in so many films like: Alan Poza, Lonely Heart, Azonto Babe and numerous others. She has a controversial relationship with her colleague Daniella Okeke and has won different prestigious awards including African Movies Award, Best of Nollywood, Nollywood Movies Awards etc. Amanda Oruh: Although her stint in the industry could be considered brief, Abia State born Amanda Oruh, has a towering profile, having been part of the cast of some of the best films that have been made lately. Amanda who was an executive in one of Nigeria’s leading banks dumped a prospective banking career to embrace her passion for acting and has featured in the movies: “Frenemy”, “Hotel Choco”; “Broken mirror”, “Hidden Parcel”; and also in TV series like “Tinsel” TV and “Hustle”. She is the figure behind the wave-making Strangers Web, currently in the mills. Lilian Esoro: Lilian Esoro Franklin is a Nigerian ac-

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Genny Uzoma tress and an erstwhile lover of Ubi Franklin. Esoro is an entrepreneur with a business in Abuja. The Imo State born talent started off her acting career in 2006 with Extended Family. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy at the 2013 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards and has featured in Strive, The Potter, The Next Door Neighbour, Secret Room ,Fool’s Paradise ,The Real Deal , Couple of days, Meet the in-laws and other movies. Akunna Nworgu: A graduate of Theatre Arts and a TV presenter with deep rooted talent. She first worked with Ernest Obi in Dear Mother, and since then has become a house hold name in soap operas. She has played significant role in Tales of Eve, Super Story, This Life, Papa Ajasco and Company, Comfort Zone, Centre of Attraction, Married etc and has recently featured in two yet to be released movies Coming to Nnewi and Three Wise Men. Akunna is one actress that believes in discipline and hard work and one of those that have deny the existence of chronic sexual ha-

Ivie Okujaye rassment in exchange for roles in Nollywood. Ngozi Thompson Igwebuike: The ZAFAA Best Indigenous Female Actor nominee, Ngozi showed dexterity in acting in Obi Emelonye’s Onye Ozi and recently was a lead actress in the romantic thriller Oxford Gardens where she played the role of Munachi, a dying woman diagnosed of Leukaemia and has few days to live. After a dazzling performance where she held firm grip on a lead role, Ngozi has become a darling of Nollywood producers and directors who are looking for raw talents to replace Nollywood inaccessible super stars. Adesua Etomi: Adesua was born in Owerri, but hails from Edo State. She is a beautiful actress with brains too. She was also trained as a professional actress and theatre practitioner in the UK where she studied Physical theatre, Musical theatre and Performing Arts at the City College, Coventry, United Kingdom where she obtained a triple distinction and also Drama and Performance at the Univer-

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sity of Wolverhampton graduating with a 1st class honour. She featured in the MTV series Shuga, and also in Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Brave, Falling, Soldier’s Story, Couple of Days etc. The numerous awards winning beauty is serious with her profession and she’s going places definitely. Maybe because like she said men don’t toast her. Daniella Okeke: The Lagos Cougars starred actress came to limelight with her role as Joke in the same movie which earned her a nomination as the Best Actress in a Leading Role at both the Movie Academy Awards and Nigeria Entertainment Awards.The curvy actress has always touted her appearance but mostly importantly, her talents as a good actor cannot be doubted. Before Lagos Cougars, she has also starred in Sleek Ladies (2007), and Stronger than Pain (2007). She is in fierce completion with a Nigerian actress who they say can’t also see her eye to eye. She is a growing star in Nollywood and has been courted by ranking media houses through media attentions. Ivie Okujaye: The Africa Movie Academy Awards and Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards winner must be taken serious in Nollywood as one of the fast rising stars. She is also a producer, scriptwriter, dancer, singer and activist. In 2009 she participated and won the Amstel Malta Box Office (AMBO) reality TV show. Many call her Genevieve Nnaji because a resemblance in outlook and acting. She has starred in 7 Inch Curve, Make a Move, Dowry, The Black Silhouette, The Volunteers, How She left my Brother, Kamara’s Tree, Alero’s Symphony etc.

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oin the CORA at the Arthouse Forum to examine how the Wole Soyinka classic has redefined the course of dramatic writing and schorlaship in African Literature and the Performative Arts. The National Troupe of Nigeria will on November 19 and 20, at the National Theatre stage one of Professor Wole Soyinka’s most performed plays ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’. The play is being staged as part of the Troupe’s ongoing Nigeria’s independence celebration performances and in commemoration of Professor Wole Soyinka’s 1986 Nobel Prize feat. The November 19 performance will be hosted by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Venue is Cinema 1, National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. Time is 2pm. National Troupe

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he fourth edition of the Music & Entertainment Gospel Awards (aka MEGA Awards) will hold Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the main auditorium of NECA House, Alausa, Ikeja. The Music & Entertainment Gospel Awards, was launched in 2013 to recognise and celebrate outstanding performances and exemplary talents in Nigerian gospel music community. The first edition was executive-produced by Footprints Pub. & Media Ltd., a multi-media outfit, and organised in collaboration with the Main Organising Committee (MOC); fully endorsed by Gospel Musician’s Association of Nigeria, GOMAN. Since October 17, 2016, the public voting process has thrown up exciting participation of Nigerians as they voted for their favourite artistes via online portals. MEGA 2016

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I’m a woman, created to be under a man —Muma Gee She is professionally known as Muma Gee and has stints in such endeavours as singing, songwriting, acting and of course business. Gift Uwame’s first taste of stardom came through her song “Kade”, which became the title track of her first official album, released in 2006. The single’s accompanying music video received five nominations, including two from the AMEN Awards (Best Picture and Best Costume) and one each from the Nigerian Music Video Awards, the Headies Awards, and the Sound City Music Video Awards. As an actress, she has starred in the Nollywood films ‘Last Dance’ (2006), ‘Solid Affection’ (2008), ‘Secret Code’ (2011), and ‘The Code’ (2011). Among her accomplishments are numerous titles and honours such as, Oonyon 1 of Upata Kingdom, Queen of African music, Pop Queen, and Mrs. Ngor-Okpala. At age four, she joined the local choir at her church, The Seventh-day Adventist. It was there that she began to realise her musical talent and potential. Upon finishing her primary and secondary school education in Abuja, Uwame enrolled at the University of Port Harcourt and earned a degree in Theatre Arts. In this interview with NGOZI EMEDOLIBE, she talks about her life and career. Excerpts:

ow has it been after your hit song, Kade? After Kade a lot of recordings have been going on. And there is a process of re-launching the new personality. The Muma Gee brand is being re-packaged. Has it resulted in any new work? Well what we have is Celebrate. Yeah, that is the latest work. It is hitting the airwaves in a matter of days. My fans should watch out for that coming from their girl Muma Gee. At the announcement of your plans to get mar-

ried people said it would slow down your musical career. Has marriage affected your output musically? No, I will not say it is marriage that slowed down my pace. I will prefer to view it like this. You know when you rise and see your personality become so heavy, sometimes you need to slow down and rebrand, that’s exactly what I did, and I am still doing. For me, it is just a process of getting the brand a little friendlier for people on the streets. So I took a break to strengthen the M u m a Gee brand. What process is this restructuring following? There has been series of

Muma-Gee With family

Muma-Gee researches obviously. It is a re-branding process borne out of research and the fans will testify to this when they hear my new songs because something refreshing has happened. But I did not want to waste the period of this break, so I used the opportunity to start a family. I think that is fair enough to humanity and family values. Have you relocated to Port Harcourt now? Well Rivers State is my home. I have structures all around Rivers so I will not abandon there for anything. Yes, I was in Lagos but I will always be a stranger in Lagos. Yes, it is the entertainment capital of the nation, but I can never be at home in Lagos. Home is home, that is how I feel about my Port Harcourt. If you watch there is this impression that celebrities couples don’t last...yours seems to be working? Yes, I am different. I am a Christian, a born again Christian. I don’t believe in divorce. Well if it happens, inevitably...God...I don’t belong to that school of thought. I am not blaming anyone trapped in divorce though. Everyone has a right to how he or she decides to live. I believe I should make it work even if I have to be submissive because I see myself as a woman, God created to be under a man. If you are that obedient and loving wife and you have a God-fearing man who equally behaves the way the Bible says he should behave, it will work. I hope I am not sounding religious. There are hitches in every marriage but things must be straightened out to make it work at every point in time. How do you work things out? Well I will say that no marriage is a bed of roses. There are faults from time to time but it is the duty of the partners to help each other, any one that is falling short of his or her requirement should be assisted. It is vice versa. If there is any celebrity marriage that should have

I studied Theatre Arts and I had a few offers then which resulted in a couple of films. I am a

performer. I still am an actor broken, I think it is mine because I have a very stubborn husband but I prayed so hard for a partner… But he has softened now and it’s the way God works when He has interest in your marriage. A journalist was interviewing me once and asked how I was coping and whether my husband was improving in the ‘being romantic aspect’. And I was like ‘ he never had it before’. He has grown in it just like me. We have become better at living with each other now…more than when we met. We are better today. I think this discussion should move away from my marriage. You once took a shot at acting which is your husband’s horizon? Yeah, not really taking a shot… I studied Theatre Arts and I had a few offers then which resulted in a couple of films. I am a performer. I still am an actor. What happening to that part of your career? It’s still on. I still get offers but music is paramount to me, going on a set for two weeks or more does not mean I would not return to my other businesses of mine and music. So what are you doing to raise the bar in Port Harcourt’s entertainment circle? That is exactly why I am in PMAN. I am the chairman of the Rivers chapter. Of course, in terms of entertainment you will get Port Harcourt after Lagos. I hope to do so with my involvement in PMAN Once everything is right in PMAN it will reflect on the entertainment scene in Rivers. That is why I must ask those on illegal missions to destroy PMAN to desist and join the movement to restore the lost glory in PMAN.

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Moralist calls for ban on pageantry in Anambra RAYMOND OZOJI

moral crusader and founder Centre for Moral Mentorship Aisha Maureen Edward has called for the outright ban on beauty pageantry in Anambra state following a porn video of the incumbent Miss Anambra and her lesbian partner posted on the social media recently . Edward, who stated this in Awka while making her position known on the said sex video scandal , explained that the resources and energy expended on pageantry should rather be channeled towards humanitarian services as well as other empowerment programmes . She commended the wife of the State Governor, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano on her swift response to her open letter, emphasising that there is a dire need for institutions and people willing to invest in beauty shows to donate them to Obiano’s wife’s charity programmes .

Former Miss Anambra Edward said, “I want to thank Obiano’s wife for rising up to restoring the dignity and integrity of our women. Her response shows that Café cares about women moral values and respect to our cultural norms and ideals.

“Gov.Obiano’s wife was reported to have said that she is liaising with her husband the Executive Governor of the State to unravel the case and serve justice to the parties involved, provide necessary motherly counsel, rehabilitation and also protect citizens’ rights as well as guarantee their security under the Law “ The Governor’s wife also said that she has sent some emissaries from her office to the home of the young lady at the center of the worrying video clips for any necessary motherly protection and investigation is still on going “ Meanwhile she called on Mrs Obiano to fashion out ways of partnering the churches to get women engaged in moral education and Instructions while appealing to government and relevant authorities to make pageantry domicile in the office of the Federal, State and Local Government Ministries of Women Affairs as well as offices of the First Ladies so as to bring sanity into it.

AFRIFF: AFC makes case for African cinema OLUWASANMI FEMI

fter a glamorous opening of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) at the new Filmhouse-IMAX, Lekki, Lagos, the real business of the one-week festival began on Monday with film screenings, industry sessions, master classes and other programmes, taking place simultaneously at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island; Genesis Deluxe and Filmhouse-IMAX, Lekki; Maryland Mall, Ikeka and Afrinolly Space, Oregun Lagos. For nearly four hours, the African Film Consortium (AFC) held sway at The Palms, with filmmakers from different African countries and the Diaspora, who converged to rub minds on the future of cinema business in Africa. Tagged “The Brand and Its Stakeholders”, the session, in conjunction with AFRIFF, was led by Mr. Mykel Parish, President of the AFC, and had moderators like veteran actor Richard Mofe Damijo and Brand Expert, Charles O’Tudor.

At AFRIFF At the event, practitioners identified funding as one of the problems confronting filmmakers in Nigeria and African entertainment scene at large. Mr. Musi Waa, the founding president of the Cameroonian film industry noted that there exists a better collaborative effort among Nigerians filmmakers, given reason Nollywood is most influential when it comes to African entertainment. Discussing the issue of funding, he said “I think funding should be assessed on a global level. The major issue is that it is mostly restricted by national policies. Everyone should be able to share the same opportunities and platforms to allow creativity to be fully maximised. Due to challenges in the distribution chan-

nels, we should encourage local distribution and not put all our efforts into online distribution.” Andy Boyo, a patron of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP), and the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) says the key issue in Nigeria is trust; “creativity will go nowhere without trust,. I seek to see a unified African film industry which I have tagged ‘Afrowood’, a collaborative effort that surpasses borders and cultural limitations.” He had previously initiated a Nollywood cinema idea which had mostly met with failure because of government interference and disbelief in the local brands. An entertainment lawyer, Isioma Idigbe, advised filmmakers to leverage on intellectual property in order to assess funding, and to approach the production of film as a business through proper acquisition and subsequent security of intellectual property. AFRIFF opened on Sunday with Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, a film produced by American studio, 20th Century Fox.

Culture bazaar as Umunede hosts Yam Festival celebrate the new yam festival. This year, the ceremony held on Sunday November 13, 2016 at Nigeria Tourvery year, the Umunede commu- ism Development Corporation NTDC nity in Delta state marks cultural Village Hall in Area 1 Garki, Abuja. The New yam festival in Umunede is activities. Umunede indigenes a yearly event who reside usually celacross the ebrated in the six Area month of SepCouncils in tember in the Federal Capivillage, event tal Territory that has always FCT were been handled not left out by Agadagidi of as they gathUmunede. ered in their Umunede’s New Yam Festival Umunede is numbers to

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a city located in Ika Local Government Area of Delta State, the ancient city has its origin from Edo state and is known for farming, transportation and business. As early as 2 pm, guests had begun to throng the Village Hall of NTDC. There was heavy drumming, singing, trumpeting and breath taking dance steps by various cultural dancers who thrilled the guests that graced the occasion. It was all glamour and show of opulence as an estimated crowd of 400 that included well-meaning Umunede indigenes, captains of industry, friends participated in 2016 Umunede cultural festival.

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‘Nite of a Thousand Laughs’ gets new producer OGAH OCHECHE

wenty years after he made debut with what today is regarded as the longest running standup comedy brand, Nite of a Thousand Laughs, notable showbiz entrepreneur, Opa Williams, is stepping aside as producer of the show. Williams who has delved fully into film production, the latest being the much publicised The Three Wise Men, starring Richard Mofe-Damijo, Zack Orji and Victor Olaotan, has disclosed that he is releasing Nite of a Thousand Laughs franchise to Kehinde Adegbite of Yankee Entertainment. The new producer is expected to run the show for an initial 24 months Opa, as he is fondly called, while speaking during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adegbite in Lagos, expressed optimism that the latter would carry on the legacy of the show with the requisite passion. He noted that Adegbite, despite having hosted and managed other successful entertainment events across the country, had through his Yankee Entertainment, produced Nite of a Thousand Laughs in the last five years in Abuja, Benin City and Owerri. Opa, who recently bagged a doctorate degree from the Walden Methodist University, Tennessee, United States, said he is quite enamored of the brand that brought him so much fame, but had to hand over its management and production to a trusted ally so as to have enough time for movies and other audio content productions. He disclosed that part of the agreement was for Adegbite to expand the scope of Nite of a Thousand Laughs by hosting the show in more Nigerian cities. A showbiz aficionado, Kehinde Adegbite, popularly known as Mallam Yankee, is the Chairman, The Bank Club Abuja, Illusion Owerri, and Yankee Entertainment. Apart from promoting and staging live shows, he is noted for successful launch of music albums of artistes like 2 Baba and Iyanya as well as Charly Boy’s show. Describing him as the Jagaban of Entertainment in Nigeria, Opa said Adegbite’s entry into the world of showbiz began about two decades ago as Student Union (SUG) Director of Socials at the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatach), Lagos.

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My books promote unity, peace —Nureni Alabi Nureni Alabi is the fast-rising author of the books: Jesus of the Holy Quran, The Second Coming of Jesus by the Holy Quran and Hadith and The Islam that Christians Must Know. OSEYIZA OOGBODO met him and he spoke on why he writes. Excerpts:

hy did you write Jesus of the Holy Quran and the other books? The Holy Quran and the Holy Bible are two religious books being used to practice Islam and Christianity. They both address the way of salvation before and after death. However, Jesus Christ as presented by the Holy Bible is the “The Way, The Truth and The Life (Jn.14:6) was also given the same attributes in the Holy Qur’an which could not be directly understood by the adherents of Islam and even the Christians. The Holy Qur’an records many truths about Jesus Christ that most followers of Mohammed do not understand. Majority of Muslims do not read the Qur’an, probably because it is written in Arabic until the 20th Century. Even now they believe in only what their scholars/ teachers/Imams tell them. Many Muslims carry only the “Tesbau” (Bead of various sizes) which contains 99names of Allah to the mosque or to any praying ground and not the Holy Qur’an except on Friday Jumat prayer. Hence the limited knowledge of Jesus Christ by the Muslims in the Holy Qur’an. “Jesus of the Holy Qur’an” exposes the consequences of sin, the provision made by God for salvation through Jesus Christ. The information that lack in the knowledge of both Muslims and Christians led me to write this book so as to reconcile them and bring peace to their lives. Reading through “The Islam That Christians Must Know”, both the Muslims and the Christians will be exposed to the doctrine and practice of Islamic Religion. It was written purposely: to give understanding of Islam to Christians in particular and Muslims whose till think that killing or to be killed because of Allah is not in the Qur’an, to allow Muslims who are not militants/Radicals to

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teach their colleague in this sect the peace preached by Mohammed before Jihad, and for Christians to have deeper relationship with Muslims in peace and knowledge of the ONLY ONE GOD they both believe and worship. This is possible by discussing, the Abraham, Noah, Ishmael, Isaac, Adam, Jesus etc that are in both books. How long did it take you to write each? The materials for “Jesus of the Holy Qur’an” were gathered during my 4-year training at West Africa Theological Seminary (2001-2004) where I obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Theology, BA (Theology). It was a form of thesis in my final year and was worked upon for further research between 2006 and 2009 when it was finally published as a book for Muslims and Christians. “The Second Coming of Jesus By Qur’an and Hadith” was a follow up of “Jesus of the Holy Qur’an” during my Master degree programme in intercultural studies between 2009-2012. It was also the thesis of the programme that was eventually published as a book in 2013. “The Islam That Christians Must Know”. Though I have read about the practice of Islam during my training at WATS, it therefore took me about 11 months to search the Qur’an and the Hadith (The sayings and deeds of Mohammed) for necessary information that can enhance the unity and peace of the nation and eventually bring the Muslims and Christians together as one family from Abraham. What have you achieved with them? Christians who were opportuned to have these books have given testimonies of helping them in the knowledge of Qur’an and are encouraged to have close relationship with Muslims. Some Bible colleges and seminaries have adopted the books as teaching materials for their students so as to fulfill the mandate of God in the life of believers. This has therefore widened the scope of knowledge in religious matters of graduates of these institutions. Also some Muslims who read these books have given testimonies to the importance of the issues addressed and are now passionate to know more about the Holy Qur’an and the Holy Bible. For example, in 2010 Bro. Faleti Adebayo visited me in my office after reading “Jesus of the Holy Qur’an” and as an Islamic Scholar made complimentary remark about the book. Sis Amina Hassan, a lecturer at West Africa Theological Seminary has recommended the books for missionary work. Because of her background,

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she is succeeding in bringing peace to groups that are otherwise known for terrorism. The above are just few of testimonies to the achievements accomplished from writing these books. They are enjoying the acceptance of both Muslims and Christians. I must say that some Muslims may have reservations. What are your plans to make them known worldwide? Right now, the books are being sold at N500 per copy. However, they can be collected free for passionate people who will support reproduction. An NGO known as PANAB COMMUNICATIONS is responsible for free distribution and sales. The purpose of the NGO is to present the books to the public all over the world, starting from Nigeria. Their titles sound controversial. Do you agree? They are not really controversial as some people may think. The contents are highly revealing and are of immense benefits to the practicing Muslims and Christians who are willing to understand the Holy books and are prepared to make religious peace and unity. How are both Christians and Muslims reacting to them? As discussed above. The books have provided a common ground for discussion on how to understand each other and allow peace to reign as one family. When is your next book coming out? There are materials being compiled for two books, namely “Women in the Holy

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Bible and the Holy Qur’an” and “The Holy Bible in the Holy Qur’an.” The purpose is to explain the similarity in the names and characters of each Holy Book with respect to their culture and tradition. It is hoped that these books may be published before the end of first quarter in 2017. Do you think you can win major literary awards with your books? I have never thought of any award no matter how small for these books. They are not expected to compete with any other book(s). The purpose is to enlighten the public especially the adherents of the two religions so as to bring unity and peace to this family. How do you feel when you are writing? Of course I feel fulfilled and thank God for His grace. Is there any author that inspires you to write? I believe it is the Holy Spirit that inspires His servants in all writings. However, Don McCurry, who is learned in Arabic and also concerned in reconciling the followers of the two religions, has actually added to my inspiration as read in some of his books, “Healing the broken family of Abraham” and “The Gospel and Islam.” Some see writing as tedious. Is it the same for you? Writing these kind of books is not tedious because, I always looked for information either while reading or listening/ watching sermons on Radio/TV or discussions that may assist the book to be useful to the readers in unity and to live in peace with others. When some are writing they do not have time for their families. Is it the same for you? My family is very important to me and I will not allow any assignment to take me out of my family. Anytime I travel out of my base, I am regularly in touch of my family.

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This book is a historical antecedent of the North East traced through investigative journalism and research: Welcome to ‘Eat the Heart of the Infidel’. OLUTAYO IRANTIOLA

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accepted fate when I was posted to Maiduguri, Borno State for my mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) but it feels nostalgic now when I remember that some of the notable places that I knew had been leveled or deserted. Virtually all religious sects in the world started out in search of puritanism, Islam is not exempted. Based on the early contact of the North East with the Arabians, Islam reflected on their traditional way of life greatly. From the days of Othman Dan Fodio, when he led the Sufi brotherhood, there had been many wars ‘Jihad’ attacks on different communities. Thereafter, many other leaders emerged like Abubakar Gumi, who started out in Sokoto before coming to settle down in Jos; he condemned the Sufi brotherhood. Muhammadu Marwa, had his own camp in Kano, a charismatic leader, harnessed religious zeal and turned the anger of the poor into a social movement that clashed against

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the police in 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1985. The final uprising that the country has been battling with is the group led Mohammed Yusuf. He started out in the 1990s, he was a great orator and he was strategic in his delivery of his message through writing, the use of the mass media and preaching on market days. The sect used a welfare system to catch the attention of people and they were operating as a state within Borno state. They totally forbade Western education. Eventually, their leader was killed and they have been seeking revenge till date. Historically, western education, which was introduced to the North around 1914, was not accepted wholeheartedly from the colonialists; schools were rejected by the Emirs and the colonialists were zealous to

educate indigenes of the North to run the civil service. According to Walker, the heart-rot of the Nigerian education system is eating the heart of the society. These rots include poor funding; late disbursement of funds; specific needs of schools are not addressed; poor communication between areas of governance; nepotism and corruption in the process of hiring. Others are poor salary; teachers involved in business to augment; blatant cheating that supports the certificate culture in the country. Another rotten areas of the society that was touched in the book include the military incursion into the leadership of the country with specific mentions of the money laundering in the days of ECOMOG; promotion of officers based on their loyalty and not on the trade of soldering; corruption; poor organization; poor human rights record; the setup of the army which favours heavy weaponry; mechanised division and armoured division. The police force was not spared, some of the identified problems include mounting checkpoints for bribes; poor payment; poor training; poor equipped officers who prefer to protect the homes and businesses of the elites rather than facing the risk of the job. The book dealt also with electioneering in Nigeria- the various methods of rigging elections; the political food chain; political thuggery; technicalities of primary election and the lack of ideologies by political office aspirant but on their individual ambition. This he called ‘Stomach infrastructure’, as described by Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State. Everyone want to have a share of what is offered as possible during election period.

he All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), in conjunction with the African Union Commission (AUC), is designed to promote the distinct rich African music worldwide, engaging millions of fans by propelling African music to glorious pinnacles beyond the borders of Africa. AFRIMA, the Pan Africa music awards is produced by PRM AFRICA located in Lagos, Nigeria to celebrate the most popular contemporary and traditional music in Africa. After two years of pushing through the glass ceiling and trying to imprint a new organization on the minds and hearts of the continent, 2016 was meant to be the year where they take over as the biggest award on the continent. Lagos, Nigeria has hosted all three, and with each came fanfare, and plenty of media and celebrities to back it up. They did takeover literally. The inclusion of the African Union, guarantees the organisers an unrestrained access to Government funding, connections and

smoothens the logistics process. Government backing in Africa is key in many great inventions and achievements on the continent, and truly, they have had access to it all. From the AU, the power trickles down to lower national and state governments. This year, the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, was heavily involved, with meetings, State-hosted cocktails, co-signs and photo-ops. He was present also for the award ceremony, sitting resplendent in his full regalia and detail. It doesn’t get bigger than that. Media for AFRIMA 2016 was worthy of emulation. Every cough done by anyone involved in the process was documented and a release was sent. There were press releases for meetings, roundtables, projections, conferences and everything else, had a press release dedicated to it. These releases were filtered to the media, via cogent partnerships and carried everyone along. There were also partnerships with numerous events and concerts, with a clear example being the location of an AFRIMA stand at the 2016 Felabration (the annual music festival in honor of Fela Kuti). Third year running, the production of the event gave off the air of huge investments, but needed more in terms of structuring. You could feel the huge investment

Diamond Platnumz at AFRIMA thrown in by the organizers, but attention to detail was lacking. The red carpet needed more structuring, with media crews failing to adhere to a definite system of efficient content gathering. The deficient system needed to be fixed by the organisers. And then there was the definition of sound. There were many sound components, with sonic calibration being the main issue. Performances can be graded from best to worst, with several artistes putting in the work befitting of such a stage, while a few took time out to not deliver on their best work. Seyi Shay, Darey Art Alade (backed by the Soweto Gospel Choir), and Phyno were profound in qual-

Some of the best and deserving artistes lost to less influential and technical candidates

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Andrew Walker must be commended for giving us a historical book with abundance of references The author of the book who is an International journalist spoke about the form of journalism that is being practiced in the country when compared to the Western world. The news items are on oil business; human interest story which comprise of mysterious, strange, absurd and humourous aspects of life. According to him, ‘the articles are arcane, written in syntax full of journalese. The high level of corruption in the media was cited. Journalists are poorly paid by their employers, who are aware that they are providing their employees access to a marketplace where they can hustle among political players. This often relegated them to the role of ‘stenographers.’ The level of subjectivity in many journalistic pieces is a source of misinformation. It is really a challenge for journalists on all desks in Nigeria to be involved in investigative journalism and research that would rightly inform the society and aid her advancement. In 2015, Professor Wole Soyinka, as part of activities to mark the Lagos Black Heritage Festival, led children into mentally seeking for ‘The Road to Sambisa’. This road is still being sought for because of the missing Chibok Girls that are being retrieved in bits. According to the book, Boko Haram has become a fully fettered terrorist outfit with the brand name Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). ity. Joe El scraped the bottom of his performance routine, and provided very little as entertainment. The decision to honour the late Rumba icon, Papa Wemba, and King Sunny Ade was a masterstroke which yielded not just the entertainment, but an extra touch of class to the night. It was emotional watching Diamond Platnumz, Brymo and Aramide deliver performances in celebration of these maestros. But in terms of diversity, they brought it on in style. There was a huge effort to bring the continent together, with North, South, East and West Africa represented in numbers. They failed to bring in the required level of A-List stars to grace the event, but jump down a level, and you find the house populated to its capacity with the rest. And perhaps it is this shortage of A-list talents that inspired the destination of the awards. Some of the best and deserving artistes lost to less influential and technical candidates. Best Hip-Hop went to Stanley Enow for the second year in a row, Aramide beat Yemi Alade and Tiwa Savage to the trophy for the Best Female Act in Africa. VVIP were awarded the best video on the continent with ‘Dogo Yaro’, Young John was credited as the producer of Wizkid’s ‘Baba Nla’, a hit which was supervised by Legendury Beatz. All of these call the credibility of the award system into question. For an award to have the best ratings and regards, it has to be the standard for rewarding the best works. AFRIMA lacked in that regard as the best platform to objectively rate the best works of music produced by the continent. They need to revamp their system.

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Kuje inmates reflect on drug addiction MARCUS FATUNMOLE

f it were possible for humans to go back to their mother’s womb and be reborn, many inmates at the Kuje prisons would be among the first to grab the opportunity. They are however optimistic that though they cannot reverse their pasts, they have the opportunity to shun the habits that constituted to the reasons they landed at the prison. No gainsaying the fact that a few of the inmates might have been sentenced by the courts wrongly, but, recent survey conducted by a group of organisations working to aggregate youths opinions on what should constitute Federal Government health agenda for adolescents and youths in the country showed that majority of inmates at the prison had taken hard drugs or other illicit substances in their life time. They gladly admitted that such substances had at different stages of their lives made them misbehave. In a five-hour interaction, nearly a hundred inmates at the prison narrated how they had been lured by friends and relations into consuming what would later make them misbehave and probably help bag years of confinement. The ambience of the prison actually helps anyone with a soul to reflect on his or her life. The prison itself is rather like a school than a punitive centre. It has considerably good basic amenities such as a centre of the National Open University, football pitch, big church and a mosque, library, recreational and skill acquisition centres, standard kitchens among others. The prison also allows some degrees of freedom for the inmates. When Inside FCT visited the prison, the

Kuje prison condition of the inmates was different from widely-believed perception that inmates are lumped on one another in their rooms, that inmates look pale because of malnourishment or hunger, including other related misconceptions. Some of the drugs and substances which the inmates said they had taken at one point or the other in their lifetime include narcotic, tramadol, cocaine, amagadol, marijuana, diazepam, Exxon 5, valium, heroin, Indian hemp. Others are ethanol, nicotine, glue, retinol, codeine, D-5, D-4, cannabis, “monkey-tail” alcohol and cigarettes. One of the inmates said: “When you take the drugs, they help you to do extra-ordinary things,” adding that “you think the extra-ordinary things they help you do are good until someone comes to accuse you that you that you have committed a crime.” Another said: “Taking one of the drugs helps one not to have appetite. One of my friends from Lagos gave me tramadol. I took it and started vomiting. I took it in the morning, and I kept vomiting until midnight. When he gave me, he said it would make feel

high, and that it would not make me have appetite. But, it was a lie. It did more harm to me than good, if any,” the inmate said. “Indian hemp gives you appetite, but the side effect is hypersensitivity,” another inmate said. He went on: One of my friends in the village took Indian hemp he climbed a mango tree. When he was about plucking the fruit, his hands could not reach the fruit. Because he was under the influence of the substance, he then flew to catch the fruit and fell off the tree.” Yet another inmate told Inside FCT that he always felt angry whenever he didn’t take cocaine. They also claim the get some of the hard drugs from chemist shops and medical practitioners who recommend them. One of them said: “A doctor prescribed tramol to me

“Indian hemp gives you appetite, but the side effect is

hypersensitivity,” another inmate said

when I newly married. Since I took it and the thing kept working for me, I got addicted to it. Yet, tramol is a harmful drug for that purpose.” Apart from hard drugs, the inmates explained that they could combine different herbs and drinks together to produce stronger drinks. For instance, monkey tail (monkite) is one of such products, they said. Marijuana and local drink are added with other substances to form monkite, some of them said. Monkite, they claimed, is a very dangerous drink which could would always make drinkers high at all time. They however appealed to government to ensure improved publicity on the ills associated with use of illicit substances and hard drugs. For instance, they said persons under the influence of hard drugs could rape anyone around them and consequently spread sexually-transmitted diseases, in addition to going to jail after being found guilty by the court. They also urged government to block all avenues through which the hard substances and hard drugs get to the youths. Such efforts should be carried out with increased job creation for youths, improvement in health infrastructure funding, accountability in government and engagement of youths for national development, they said. Present at the event were minister of Health, Prof Adewole Isaac, who was represented by Mr Fasulu Olatubosun of the Department of Planning, Research and Statistics of the Federal Ministry of Health; Secretary, Nigerian Medical Association, FCT chapter, Dr Patrick Ezie; Silver Lining Initiative (SLI), KVS International, Mike Omotosho Foundation (MOF), Education as a Vaccine (EVA), Rotary Club Nigeria and Ummah Support Initiative (USI).

Korean Cultural Festival holds in Abuja JOEL AJAYI

buja, the nation’s capital city of the most populous nation in the history of black race may be noted for high pitch politics presently but entertainment, culture and other social activities still hold sway there. Tuesday November, 8 to12, 2016 was spectacular days in the memories lane of FCT resident, as dignitaries from the Nigerian Ministry of Information and Culture, Foreign Affairs, Education envoys, as well as many culture enthusiasm converged in Abuja to celebrate another fun filled Korean Cultural festival. The event, which was meant to showcase the rich culture of Korean/Nigeria as well as to promote and foster inter cultural promotion between Korea and Nigeria. It will be recalled that in 2010, for the first time in the history of Africa, the Korean Cultural Center was berth in Nigeria and since then the initiative has helped many Nigerian especially the youths, students and

children to fulfill their dream in many areas. It’s no longer news that Korean Republic has been contributed to development of Nigeria, through arrays of programmes embarked upon in the last six years of its existence in the country which has without hesitation contributed immensely to the development of culture in Nigeria. A series of events channeled towards the empowerment of children, youth, teacher, student and women such as Korean Government Scholarship Program, K-POP dance for youth of which Nigeria team was recently won best team having emerged overall winner last year in the whole world in far away Korea. Korean Embassy; Korean Cultural Center in Nigeria KCCN, held her 6th Korean Cultural Festival in Abuja, with the theme, “Beautiful flavours of Korean.” Indeed, this year’s edition showcased the best of best movies, best music performance,

At Korean Cultural Festival cultural performance and drama for Nigerian lovers of Korean entertainment and culture was a refreshed experience for the capital city residents who thronged the venue Silverbird Cinema gallery) in their numbers for three days, to watched some Korean film for purpose of acculturation. Some of the selected movies and top notch drama series include; “The plan man” Born to sing, “Hard day” to mentioned but few. The movies that was full of comedy, entertainment, intrigues were showned where many cracked their rips to the stupor. Not only that, it was a great time for

The event was meant to showcase the rich culture of Korean/Nigeria as well as promote and foster intercultural promotion between Korea and Nigeria

residents who want to follow the way of hospitality, as lecture was organised on Korean food festival (Hansik) such as porridge, cold and hot appetizers, bulgogi and galbijjim (braised beef ribs), which are world-renowned Korean dishes, were jointly prepared by Korean chefs and Hilton Chefs were served during the fiesta. Many gifts such as Microwaves, hand fan, balls, mugs amongst other were carted away by the belated resident who came to catch the glimpse of the every event. Speaking at the opening ceremony Korean Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Noh Kyu-duk who extolled the beauty of the Korea-Nigerian culture, noted that Korea center established six years ago had secured a good foundation for the cultural exchange of the two countries.

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NAHCON embarks on licensing of SMPWB, agencies 49 Rev. Chris Okotie, speaking on the state of the nation

Sekinah L awal In furtherance of its statutory function as contained in Section 4 subsection 1 (a and i) of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Establishment Act 2006, the commission has embarked on the process of licensing State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Boards, SMPWB/commissions and agencies across the country. In a release signed by Alhaji Uba Mana, Head of Media, it was stated that the commission has constituted a committee made up of members of the licensing, inspectorate and legal units of the commission to visit all the state boards to inspect their office accommodations, facilities and manpower which are prerequisites for the issuance of licenses to them. According to him, the delegation which has begun its national assignment, reported that the process so far has been hitch-free. Head of the team, Alhaji Muhammad Usman Liman said that seven states which have been covered expressed happiness with the exercise and complied with the directives issued to them. The states are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi. He noted that the general assessment of the visited states was encouraging while each individual state has been scored according to the laid down guidelines. He, however, urged other states to await the team as each state will be graded according to its capacity. “The inspections concentrated on the office accommodation and its facilities, as well as the manpower of the boards,” he said. Section 4 subsection 1 (a and i) of the NAHCON Establishment Act 2006, empowers the Commission to license, regulate, supervise and perform oversight functions over organizations, associations (corporate or non-corporate) or similar bodies engaged in Hajj and Umrah operations as well as

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issue guidelines and rules that will ensure that states provide appropriate welfare services and guides for pilgrims. “The Commission has em-

barked on the mission to ensure that state boards, commissions and agencies have adequate facilities and manpower to provide the services rendered

to pilgrims during Hajj operations. The commission will allocate the 2017 Hajj slots to the states according to their licensing grading of A, B and C.

The Chairman of NAHCON, Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar with members of Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs and other top management staff during an oversight visit by the committee to NAHCON’s office in Abuja recently.

NAHCON’s capital projects not funded’

he Chairman of NAHCON, Barrister Abdullahi Mukhtar, has disclosed that funds for the commission’s capital projects were not released. He made this known while giving highlights of the budget performance of the commission, lamenting that no funds were appropriated for capital expenditure in 2016. This was revealed during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs to NAHCON’s office in Abuja recently. According to Barrister Mukhtar, the present challenge facing the commission is office accommodation. “As of today, the present office being occupied by the commission’s head office is a rented apartment and funding of the rent, along with the zonal offices’ rent, is not being adequately provided for in the overhead appropriation. Proposal for construction of commission’s permanent site in Abuja was not captured in

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2016 appropriation act.” He added that out of N617,524,914 appropriated for overhead cost, only the sum of N91,348,017 had been released, leaving a balance of N526,176,896. Mukhtar told the committee that all attempts to make the Ministry of Finance allocate funds for the capital projects of the commission failed. “The commission had proposed N500m for capital expenditure in the 2016 budget. There was a mix-up, which led to said sum being shifted to NAHCON’s offshore expenditure profile.” The development, he noted,

made it impossible for the funds to be accessed, a position which the Budget Office stated was beyond its powers to revisit. The Senate Committee on Federal Character and InterGovernmental Affairs, however promised to look into the matter and address the concerns expressed by the leadership of commission. Speaking during the visit, the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, said the panel would immediately write to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to ask why NAHCON’s capital projects were not funded.

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o champion and aid community policing in Lagos as well as curb the rising trend of insecurity, Alhaji Muslim Kola Animasaun has been appointed as the chairman of the Eminent Persons Forum, EPF, Dopemu Police Division of the Lagos State Police Command. The EPF was introduced by the acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and Dopemu Police Division just inducted some eminent personalities in the community into the forum. Members of the EPF were drawn from retired policemen, military officers, senior civil servants and the media community. The Area G Commander, Lanre Ogunlowo, who graced the occasion urged residents to assist the police in flushing out criminals who live among them. Ogunlowo called on the EPF to champion community policing as directed by the Inspector General of Police. “Policing is a joint task for all. We want to be more result-oriented and because these EPF members are closer to the people, we believe we can achieve more. I plead with you not to condemn every police officer because of the misconduct of few ones. Most police officers are highly disciplined and professional in discharging their duties. Alhaji Aimasaun called for the cooperation of all members of the community in order to achieve the set goals. He urged people to provide useful information to the police whenever they notice strange movement in the community. In his address, the Olu of Agege, Oba Kamila Isiba enjoined the police to respond more promptly to distress calls and restore back people’s confidence in the police. “People are scared of giving information to the police due to lack of confidentiality and the police must rectify this.” Dopemu DPO, CPS Mary Ayim also assured residents of police readiness to tackle crime and advised residents to always call her numbers instead of calling control room which usually leads to time wasting.

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ith Nigeria recording more deaths from malaria than any other nation in the world and also accounting for 300,000 out of 100 million deaths arising from malaria complications worldwide annually, great commendations must go to Dangote Foundation for launching a private sector policy document aimed at ending malaria scourge in the country. Dangote Foundation in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Federal Ministry of Health, recently launched the Private Sector Engagement Strategy for Malaria Elimination (PSESP) in Nigeria. Speaking at the event, National Malaria Ambassador and Chairman, Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote made it known that the foundation is championing eradication of malaria in Nigeria because annual malaria deaths makes the country has the highest number of malaria casualties in the world.

The document on Private Sector Engagement Strategy to Eliminate Malaria in Nigeria was a result of months of planning, surveys and deliberations with key private sector leaders and important stakeholders, which highlights the priority areas for private sector support in the fight against malaria as well as a detailed strategy for private sector engagement and steps for implementation. And I believe this gesture should be emulated by other well-meaning Nigerians, not only to deal with malaria but other ailments wrecking havocs in order to save the lives of many Nigerian citizens. Also speaking at the event, Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health lamented the fact that Nigeria has 25 per cent of the world’s disease burden of malaria, recording more deaths due to the disease and therefore commended Dangote Foundation for the good initiative. Reiterating government commitment to partner with private sec-

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any have different views when they hear the words; Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs. However, according to Prof. OYEBIODUN G. LONGE, FAS, Department of Animal Science, University Of Ibadan, Nigeria, there is a dire need to base our views and beliefs on scientifically-proven evidence. Decision must be based on credible science-based information. She gave the advice recently at a media roundtable organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science. According to her, genetic modification allows selected individual genes from one organism to be inserted into another. “Genetic modification can be used to promote a desirable character or to suppress an undesirable trait. Modern biotechnology can be used to address the problems of food and nutrition insecurity since agricultural productivity can be increased through its application.” With a fast growing world human population there is need to grow more food and there are so many opportunities offered by genetic modification. It was made known that GMOs are used in medical and biological research, production of pharmaceutical drugs, medicine and the biggest use of GMO technology is in agriculture. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that the world will have to grow 70% more food by 2050 to keep up with population growth and genetic modification of crops can be used to achieve the following traits; tolerance to herbicides, insect/pest resistance, bacterial, fungal and viral resistance, micro-nutrient enrichment among others. Prof. Longe said that GM crops are developed for high yields and high nutrient quality traits. “Some are documented to have ability to survive in harsh conditions such as drought, heat, acidic and salty soils. A great percentage of GM crops cultivated as at today is in developed countries.” The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) is responsible for the adoption, while the National Bio-safety Management Agency (NBMA) is responsible for regulation and safe use of GMOs and products. National Bio-safety Management Act, 2015 for application of biotechnology in Nigeria is in place to prevent any adverse effects on human health, animals, plants and environment. If regulations are properly enforced, it will minimize risks and maximize benefits. Though there is no commercialization of any of these crops yet in Nigeria, great political goodwill is needed to support biotechnology research, development and trade. Also, it was revealed that biotechnology can be used to upgrade and transform our agriculture. The technology of genetic modification should be developed and applied to meet needs in relation to health, food and environment for sustainable development. There are bio-safety measures required to utilize and realise the full potential of GMOs. They should be made safe and healthy for consumers and the environment. Toxicological tests are required to prove they pose no risks to other organisms or the environment as well as the need for continuous awareness and education of the public. The Academy thus called for more funding for evidence-based scientific information on GMOs and their products. “Regulation must be enforced to minimize risks and maximize benefits. Claims of safety must be scientifically valid. Research capacities must be strengthened to embrace GMO technology and maximize the benefits of biotechnology, particularly those related to food security and sustainable development.”

tor, he called for more research and local production of insecticidetreated nets as 30million nets are needed in Nigeria annually. But as we are thinking along the line of local production of insecticidetreated nets, let us be doing more in terms of ensuring clean environment in all nooks and crannies of our society whether highbrow areas or low-income dwellings. Malaria is responsible for a significant number of deaths of women and children every year. It also accounts for 60 per cent of outpatient hospital visits and 30 per cent of hospital admissions. Alhaji Dangote revealed that estimated $1.1 billion (N480 billion) is lost annually in Nigeria due to malaria-related absenteeism and treatment costs. He also hinted on the need to produce insecticide-treated nets and other items locally. With the significant role the private sector already plays in the Nigerian health industry and the economy as a whole and the recent near success in the fight to eradicate polio in the country, he said it is only natural to leverage the private sector’s strengths and unique capabilities in accelerating the efforts targeting a malaria-free Nigeria, which he said is achievable. The Dangote Foundation boss disclosed that the Foundation will continue to work closely with the Federal Government and other private sector organizations o end the scourge of malaria in Nigeria once and for all. Despite so many gains in ma-

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insecticide-treated nets, let us be doing more in terms of ensuring clean environment in all nooks and crannies of our society laria prevention and treatment in Nigeria, the widespread prevalence of counterfeit, substandard medicines is said to be contributing to the alarmingly high number of malaria deaths and costs of health care in Nigeria. According to the Nigerian National Malaria Strategic Plan 2014-2020, malaria is responsible for 60 per cent of outpatient visits to health facilities, 30 per cent of childhood deaths, 25 per cent of deaths in children under one year, and 11 per cent of maternal deaths. These are enough reasons to be so much interested in eradicating malaria and others must emulate Dangote Foundation as malaria remain a major public health problem in Nigeria. Available statistics reveals that malaria accounts for over 60% outpatient visits and 30% hospital admissions in Nigeria. The

disease has impacted negatively on the economy with about 132 billion naira lost to the disease as cost of treatment and loss in manhours. Malaria is highly endemic in Nigeria. It poses a major challenge to the country as it impedes human development. It is both a cause and consequence of underdevelopment and remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the country. It is responsible for 29% of childhood death, 25% of infant mortality and 11% of maternal mortality. And this is part of the reasons people must keep their environment clean always, avoid breeding of mosquitoes and protecting themselves from mosquito bites. Other recommendations for malaria prevention include accurate diagnosis, prompt and effective treatment always among others.

Prof. Oyebiodun Longe, FAS, Dr. Oladoyin Odubanjo, Executive Secretary, NAS, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, FAS, President, NAS, Prof. Effiom Ene-Obong. FAS, and Prof. Isaac Adeyemi, FAS at a media roundtable on GMOs organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science.

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When lways remember that the the come , come to come are veryeverybody important will sit up in this Ministry. Rev. Chris Okotie, speaking mosques for our own teachings and for on the state of the nationspreading the word of Allah. ThereHON MINISTER FORSahib PETROLEUM MADUEKE fore, I have asked Ameer to RESOURCES,ALIISON an Ahmadi member paid for all of its build small mosques but do it in all expense. I also know that it was not easy the Jama’ats. He told that we have for that member. He paid it over a time planned and aimed to build more period of 3 to 4 years but still he said that he will undertake this task. Thus, this atL-R: Alhaji Kabir; chairman, Dopemu’s Eminent Persons’ Forum, EPF, Alhaji Kola Anima- mosques but at smaller scale. I want titude of Ahmadis is found everywhere. saun; Olu of Agege, Oba Kamila Oyedeji Isiba; Area G Commander, Lanre Ogunlowo and to tell that although we have planned People might think that due to the Alhaji Ali Sango during the inauguration of Dopemu’s EPF at the palace of Olu of Agege to build small mosques, but we cannot afford to build them everywhere. adverse economic condition people in in Lagos recently. Therefore, try to adopt this very good Africa may be greedy but whenever example of volunteer work and try they have money, they set up such high to save on money. At one instant the standards of sacrifice that they are very Promised Messiah (a.s.) revealing rare. Everywhere this attitude of buildthe importance of building mosques ing mosques and making sacrifices for said: it is found. In Pakistan, we cannot build ‘At this time our Jama’at is in dire mosques. People write to me with imneed to build mosques. A mosque mense agony that please pray that we is a house of Allah. Where ever, be be allowed to make mosques. We cannot it a city or a village, wherever our build mosques due to the law there so at mosque is built consider it being the least be allowed to make halls where we building block for the development of can pray in congregation. It is impossible Jama’at in that area. If there is a vilto even think of constructing minarets lage or city where there are no or few and dome, however cannot even make Muslims, just construct a mosque a simple Mihrab (a niche marking the there. Allah will indeed Himself atdirection of prayer). But at some places tract Muslims to that place. But there there is so much strictness that at some is a condition that the mosque shall places we cannot even make a building L-R: National Secretary, Audio Video Department, Engr. Abdul Waheed Adeoye; Alhaji be built with very true and honest facing the direction of Qibla. But Allah Abdul Lateef Akinwunmi; Maulvi Uthman Ashimu; Finance Director, Mahmud Ahmadiyya intentions. It should be done merely is blessing us abundantly outside PakiCollege Ijede, Alhaji Lateef Akinsanya; representative of Amir, Missionary AbdulQahar for the sake of Allah and it shall not stan in a way that is not even imaginable. Olowomi and representative of Chief launcher, Alhaji Adeyemi Abdul Ghaniyyu, during have any other personal or political These are the blessings of Allah. Thus the 2nd Tahfizul Qur’an Graduation ceremony and launching of Hafiz Class Building at means. It is then that Allah will bless we are full of thankful emotions towards Ijede, Lagos State. it.’ our Lord. Therefore we should work hard Today, the residents of this place to fulfill the wish of Promised Messhould try to thank Allah that He has siah (a.s.) and also give importance to provided them with a mosque, a house the condition that has been stated by which is of Allah and is specifically for him. There should be fidelity and sinpraying. This house is of Allah, but Alcerity rather than temporary enthulah has not made this for Himself. It is siasm and emotions. That the only indeed a blessing for the people who motive is to build a beautiful mosque, come to it. It is indeed a very immense rather it is essential to fulfill the acfavor of Allah for which we cannot thank tual purpose. Mosques shall not be enough. The way to thank Allah for the built to merely showoff the building blessing has been taught to us in this or architecture or to show the finanverse that I have recited earlier. Allah cial or time sacrifices. It should be says: ‘’He alone can keep the Mosques of merely for the sake of Allah. As I Allah in a good and flourishing condition have mentioned that the fourth conwho believes in Allah, and the Last Day, tractor was also involved who met me L-R: Principal, Mahmud Ahmadiyya College Ijede; Sadr, Lajnal Immaillah Nigeria, Dr. and observes Prayer, and pays the Zakat, yesterday and was happy that Allah Basirat Dikko; former Sadr, Alhaja Kikelomo Sunmonu and one of the graduating Hafiz and fears none but Allah; so these it is blessed him with this opportunity. Qur’an, Miss Misturah Salisu, during the 2nd Tahfizul Qur’an Graduation ceremony. Likewise he has been given more who may be among those who reach the contracts. Allah always rewards you goal.’ (9:18) for the good one has done. Be it at the Thus the belief in Allah and in the Day same moment of time or later but Alof Judgment is an essential requirement lah does return it. One of the brothto be a Muslim and a ‘Momin’. Then Alers, Mansoor Sahib wrote to me that lah says that it is important to pray Salat. a boy who had got admission into a Thus what is it? It is praying Salat in conuniversity and thus left the work. He gregation 5 times a day. Then it is to give then had a dream that the contracZakat. What is Zakat? It is to sacrifice tors need him for the work. Thereyour wealth in the way of Allah and to fore, he contacted and started work. purify it like this. By the grace of Allah Their financial condition was not Ahmadis are devoted towards this teachgood and the wife said that there is ing. But many lack in praying Salat and no money left to run the home. Allah specially praying in congregation. Thus blessed and on that day or the next it is the main essential requirement that L-R: Finance Secretary, Ahmadiyya Musilm Jama’at Nigeria, Alhaji Abdul Ghaniyyu Id- day Balmain Tax Credit returned must be fulfilled. About Zakat I want to ris; Amir, Dr Mashhud Adenrele Fashola; The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdul Rosheed money that he had paid in extra. Lattell that there is Zakat that is compulAkanbi,Ilufemiloye Telu 1and Naib Amir, Special Duties, Engr. Alhaji Ahmed Al-hassan, er they got money from child benefit sory on every wealthy person who has during the courtesy visit to the Oluwo of Iwoland in Iwo Osun State. department and thus they received money in banks or with themselves, who about 13000 or 14000 dollars. All that has gold or silver. Then people who own is required is pure and honest intendairy farms are required to pay Zakat. It tions and Allah blesses in return. includes all men and women. And it has In Africa, there are many people a calculated amount that Holy Prophet who by the grace of Allah contrib(Peace be Upon Him) has designated ute for the construction of mosques. since his time. Likewise, I want to say I remember that when I was in that women should particularly consider Ghana, in the city of Tamale, there paying zakat. Coming to these countries was a small mosque that was built makes them financially well off and they of blocks and it was cemented in own a lot of gold. It includes old women order to make it stronger. After Khand young women too who wear gold ilafat when I, for the first time went bangles and they may wear it because to Ghana and visited Tamale, I witAllah has declared it to be an embellishnessed that there is a very big 2 stoment but it is essential to pay zakat over rey mosque built there. It would be it too. Then it also includes all the finanapproximately three times the size cial sacrifices that are done for spreading L-R: Oba AbdulWahab Oyedotun, “Bibire 1” (Arutu Oluokun) The Orangun of Ila; Naib of this mosque. It also has other ofthe word of Islam and its related works Amir, South West, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, Barrister Alhaji Abdul Azeez Ala- fices with it. It was told to me that toye; Naib Amir Special Duties, Engr. Ahmed Al-hassan and Hon. Azeez Musibau, during such as fulfilling the rights of people. the courtesy visit to The Orangun of IIa in IIa, Osun State.

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FG to invest $1bn in Special Economic zones ....mulls restoration of Export Expansion Grant next year

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he Federal Government yesterday said it had secured the commitment of the Africa Exim Bank and China Exim Bank for the investment of $1 billion in the proposed six Special Economic Zones, SEZs. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, gave this hint while briefing the media on the ministry’s activities and programmes in the last one year. He disclosed that out of the amount, government had earmarked N50 billion in the 2017 budget for the first phase of the SEZs project expected to be spread across the six geo-political zones of the country. According to him, the proposed SEZs will be driven by the Nigeria Export Processing Zones of Authority(NEPZA). Apart from the funding, Enelemah explained the that the country had secured the expertise of the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Prof. Justin Lin, to help in the development of the zones. He said: “There are so many people who have been working on industrial parks, but the reason why we have not made much progress is that we need to do more to create infrastructure in all the zones. “What the government is doing now is to study all the economic zones and industrial parks that are being undertaken by different players, both government and private sector, in the six-geopolitical zones. We

will like to have some demonstrations in the SEZs where government would partner with the private sector, one in each geopolitical zones. “Government has budgeted for N50bn for this and we are working with some international and local experts. The former chief economist of the World Bank, Prof. Justin Lin, who played a role in China has basically offered to work with us. “Very soon they will be in the country to executive the project. The other partners we are working with on this are African Export-import bank and the China Exim bank. They have committed that they are prepared to spend up to $1bn on this special economic zones”, the minister added. Meanwhile, the minister also confirmed that government would restore the suspended Export Expansion Grant, EEG, by next year. The EEG scheme was introduced to serve as an incentive for the stimulation of export oriented activities that will lead to significant growth of the non-oil export sector. But the scheme was suspended by the former administration in 2014 due to the allegations of widespread abuse and the accumulation of significant liability on the Negotiable Duty Credit Certificate (NDCCs). The minister, however, said that the scheme was being review with a view to achieving its set objectives He clarified: “Government intends to resume the scheme in 2017 because of its determina-

tion to expand the volume and value of Nigeria’s exports, diver-

anaging Director of Aramex Nigeria, Mr. Faisal Jarmakani, has said that leveraging global technology and innovative solutions would deepen and accelerate the e-commerce sub sector of the nation’s economy. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos yesterday, Jarmakani said that NIPOST and Aramex were talking on expanding the ecommerce to provide satisfactory services to customers and also create jobs in the country. “We are pleased to be operating within this space, collaborating and supporting the growing e-commerce and FinTech industries, with the support of NIPOST and other players. We will continue to leverage technology and innovative solutions to accelerate

the growth of our business and enhance customer satisfaction,” he said. The company’s boss, who described Nigeria as a technologically advanced market with a growing economy and strong business environment said Aramex intends to scale up the latest innovations being piloted in other operating environments in the Nigerian market, adding that it’s priority is to provide the best service to clients. The Aramex re-launch event in Nigeria, which was attended by key stakeholders highlighted the company’s global vision and advancements being made through its operations in the country and throughout the world. Chief Executive Officer of the company, Hussein Hachem, said the company’s decision to invest

order to manage the impact on government revenue and promote transparency.”

R-L: Andrew Efurhievwe, Executive Secretary, Equipment Leasing Association of Nigeria (ELAN); Abdullahi M. Ibrahim, Vice Chairman ELAN; Olutoyin Okeowo, Director, ELAN; I.K.Mbagwu, Managing Director/CEO Cumbrian Consults Limited and Adebayo Adeleke, Managing Director/CEO Opticom Leasing Limited at the 14th National Lease Conference of the Association held recently in Lagos

Presidential committee on NRC’s concession begins sitting Fidelis Ugbomeh

he Presidential Committee set up to work out modalities for the concession of Nigerian Railway Corporation has commenced sitting at the Headquarters of the Corporation in Lagos. The Presidential Committee, headed by Director Corporate Planning of the Corporation, has representatives of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Ni-

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sifying export products and improving global competiveness of Nigerian exporters. The scheme will be included in the budget in

in the Nigerian economy, despite current challenges, is a demonstration of support for the government’s efforts to stabilise the economy and make it once more attractive to global investors.

gerian Union of Railwaymen and Senior Staff Association of the Corporation as members. Making this known at a forum organised to allay workers’ fears of an impending staff rationalization in the wake of the concession programme, Managing Director of the Corporation, Engr. Fidet Okhiria, pointed out that purpose of setting up the Committee was to ensure that input of all stakeholders including the workers are taken into consideration before commencement of the exercise which is in the best interest of the country. He explained further that the concessionaires were not foreigners coming to take over management of the Corporation but investors that are expected to invest in the acquisition of rolling stocks and locomotive

engines. Okhiria argued that when there were more locomotive engines, coaches and wagons the tendency remained that more workers would be needed to provide services and not loss of jobs as been speculated in some quarters. According to him, the Federal Government has already appointed a Transaction Adviser on the planned concession of NRC adding that during the post concession era the frequency of passenger/freight train services will increase. The NRC boss also said that the concessionaires are expected to establish workshops for the building of coaches and by extension other ancillary industries for making bolts and nuts will spring up leading to more job opportunities.

Taiwo Oyedele, others to bag Nigeria CFO awards

ominees list for the 2nd Nigeria CFO Award, including Taiwo Oyedele, Tax Leader at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, PwC Nigeria, has been released by the organisers of the event. The final list was released by the 2016 edition Panel of Judges after a conscientious exercise of picking the bests out of the best. The Awards is scheduled to hold tomorrow in Lagos. The award which is in its second year will showcase excellence and

honour exceptional top financial executive who have helped their companies reach enviable heights. CFOs of Banking, Insurance, ICT, Oil and Gas, Pension, Healthcare and many more industries, listed on the event organisers’ website, are vying for one award or the other. This year, Nigeria 2nd CFO Awards 2016 will accommodate new categories like Financial Software Provider of the Year, Tax personality of the year and Public Sector CFO of the year. According to the CEO of Instinc-

tWave, award organiser, Mr Akin Naphtal, with the current economy recession and financial instability in the country, the role of CFOs has become more strategic and financial experts have a vivacious role to play in creating viable businesses and profitability for their organisations. The Award night is a platform to entertain top outstanding financial experts who have helped enhanced the image of their organization and significantly contributed to the country’s economy.

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Oil producing states shared N13.728bn as 13% derivation Ben Umuteme Abuja

atest report by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on revenue distributions to the three tiers of government last September indicated that the eight

oil producing states shared N13,728,498,617.69 billion as 13 per cent mineral oil derivation revenue for the month. The Bureau’s monthly Federal Accounts Allocations Committee, FAAC, allocation report showed that the sum of N8,240,207,081.38 billion and

N4,363,202,383.35 billion was distributed to states from the N63 billion Excess Petroleum Profit Tax, PPT, and Exchange Gains respectively. According to the report, 36 states of the Federation accounted for the external debt of N2,930,958,606.83 trillion.

A breakdown showed that of that amount, Lagos continued to top the list of debtor states with N5,862,654,021.38 followed by Cross Rivers with N1,020,658,656.26 while Rivers, Katsina and Kaduna had debts of N1,121,133,133.43, N878,488,548.22 and N882,141,974.70 hanging over them respectively. The report put the deductions from contractual obligations and other deductions by the FAAC fron states accounted for N10,485,031,009.15 billion and N17,562,128,627.92 billion respectively.

Lagos got the highest amount of Value Added Tax, VAT, allocation for the month under review with the state getting N904.642 million. Cross Rivers, Kaduna, Oyo and Katsina got N244.736 million, N185.220 million, N131.625 million and N108.273 million respectively. Meanwhile, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State got the highest amount allocated to local councils with N405,107,605.14 million while Ijebu North Local Government Area in Ogun State got N70.738 million for the month of September.

Aviation fuel scarcity causes flight delays, cancellation Olusegun Koiki

L-R: NDIC Deputy Director Insurance and Surveillance Department, Mr G. Y. Gana; NDIC Deputy Director (Head of Bank Examination Unit), Mr. F.E.B. Otedoh; Skye Bank Group Managing Director, Mr.Abiru Adetokunbo; NDIC’s Managing Director, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim; Skye Bank Chairman, Alhaji Muhammad K. Ahmad; Special Assistant to the bank’s GMD, Mr. Isaac Folahan and NDIC Director of Insurance and Surveillance Department, Mr. Tijjani Sule Yakasai, when the bank’s management visited the corporation in Abuja

Konga targets N2.5bn in ‘Black Friday’ sales ….as online shopping spree kicks off today David Audu

s one of Nigeria’s E-commerce giant gears up for the busiest day in Nigeria’s annual sales calendar, ‘Yakata’, the Nigerian equivalent of ‘Black Friday’, the management has projected to rake in over N2. 5 billion in sales during the shopping spree. Konga’s Chief Executive Officer, Shola Adekoya, said that the company was optimistic for a blockbuster 2016 notwithstanding the current challenging economic climate in Nigeria. “We are expecting a buoyant Black Fridayor as we like to call it, Yakata, 2016. Just like Black Friday in the West, ‘Yakata’ kicks off the holiday shopping season for us retailers. As millions of Nigerians are feeling the pinch financially, we know that they will be looking out for the very best value for their money, and will be visiting Konga to source the best deals. “Our customer service teams are already receiving hundreds of queries a day concerning what offers we will be offering this year, so we have strong indications as to what our shrewd shoppers are on the lookout for”, Adekoya added. He said the company’s over 60,000 merchants were mobilized and ready to sell their stock at dis-

counted prices to over a million customers throughout Nigeria, adding that as e-commerce continues to grow at a faster pace in

Nigeria, they are prepared for a massive influx of traffic, primarily from mobile, and also from both existing and new customers.

Indomie rewards consumers with cash, products in YLNO promo Saidat Alausa

ndomie Instant noodles has rewarded the first batch of winners with millions of naira in cash prize in its ongoing Indomie “You Like No Other” Promo which kicked-off last month nationwide. According to the company, the ‘You Like No Other’ Promo was aimed at celebrating the uniqueness in everyone, reward the numerous consumers of the brand, and also give back to the society. Speaking at the winners presentation ceremony, the General Manager, Dufil Prima Foods Plc, Mr. Girish Sharma said, “the promo was conceived to celebrate, recognize and reward consumers of the brand in a superlative way, as there are prizes worth over six hundred million naira to be won, and so far about five thousand winners have emerged since the promo began barely a month ago.” “The promo is going to run till the month of December, and

for us as a brand, it is one of the ways we seek to put smiles on the lips of our consumers in this season, as there are lots of prizes to be won in a very easy and straightforward manner” stated Girish. In his remarks, the Group Public Relations and Events Manager, Dufil Prima Foods Plc, Mr. Tope Ashiwaju, said the brand through the promo simply seeks to celebrate the uniqueness in everyone, and also reward the loyalty of its numerous consumers who have stood with the brand through the years. On the modality of the promo, Ashiwaju explained that “consumers are required to simply cut out the unique character in front of any Indomie special pack, and once they collect any 20 different characters, they win an instant Indomitable carton, and for those who collect up to 50 different unique characters, they win two indomitable cartons and a cash prize of a hundred thousand naira instantly.”

or the umpteenth time this year, the scarcity of aviation fuel has causes flight delays and cancellations to indigenous airline operators while foreign carriers continue to purchase the product in Ghana. Hundreds of air travellers across the country have either seen their flights delayed or cancelled due to the non-availability of the product in the local scene. For instance, Arik Air had to reroute its Johannesburg flight to Port Harcourt on Tuesday in order to purchase aviation fuel while Dana Air had to delay most of its flights out of Lagos for several hours. As at the time of filing this report, there was no reason by the major fuel marketers for the scarcity of the product, which since the beginning of the year had been affecting flight operations. The scarcity of the product once again is coming at a time the Federal Government said that it was finalising work on Kaduna and Port-Harcourt refineries that would be dedicated solely to the refining of aviation fuel. Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika had made the disclosure last weekend in Lagos. Sirika had said that for the operators to overcome scarcity, plans were in top gear to refine aviation kerosene locally, which he said would bring down cost, stressing that with new investments in Kaduna refinery, they would get the refinery back on stream, so that the more they refine, the more the fuel would be available. He said: “The essence of refining it locally is not only to

make it available, but to also make it cheaper because the element of importation would be removed.” A statement by the Public Affairs Manager, Arik Air, Mr. Ola Adebanji, indicated that the product availability had become worse across the country. He stated that the scarcity of the product started manifesting last week when major oil marketers began to ration supply of the product to airlines. According to him, one of the marketers issued a Notice to Airmen, NOTAM, on Saturday alerting of non-availability of the product in Lagos while another marketer said it was running out of product in Lagos with limited supplies in Port Harcourt and Abuja. He clarified: “With a daily fuel need of about 500,000 litres and an average of over 100 daily flights, Arik Air is mostly affected by this scarcity which is the fourth this year alone. One of the airline’s flights to Johannesburg on Tuesday had to be routed via Port Harcourt to pick up fuel. “As a result of the worsening supply situation of the aviation fuel, Arik Air has announced further reduction in flights from Wednesday, November 16 to cope with the fresh scarcity, and reduce the unpleasant delays and cancellations which passengers have experienced in recent times.” Also, the spokesman of Dana Air, Mr. Kingsley Okwudili in a telephone conversation with our correspondent said that the scarcity of the product had affected the flight operations of the airline. Okwudili noted that most of its flights across its routes had to be delayed for some few hours because of the scarcity of the product.

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I, formerly known and addressed as ODII CHIBUEZE, now want to add ‘VICTOR’ to my existing name. That I now wish to be known, called and hereby confirm that my full name is MR. ODII CHIBUEZE VICTOR. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm that FAVOUR EMMANUEL HANSON and UNYIME EMMANUEL HANSON refers to one and the same person. That I now wish to be known and addressed as FAVOUR EMMANUEL HANSON. All former documents bearing both name are mine and remain valid.. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ADINUSO KELVIN SUNDAY is same person known as ADINUSO KELVIN EMEREUWA now wish to be addressed as ADINUSO KELVIN EMEREUWA. All former documents remain valid. The public should take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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This is to certified that STEVEN KEVIN JOHN is the same one person as ALIU KEVIN JOHN, that henceforth wish to be addressed, known and called as ALIU KEVIN JOHN. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, Ecobank Plc and general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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I formerly known and addressed as MISS. OKUNLOLA OMOWUNMI DUPE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. EKERIN OMOWUNMI DUPE.All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm that I, MRS. ALABI OLUWAKEMI ELIZABETH is one and same person as MRS. ALABI OLUKEMI ELIZABETH. All documents bearing the above names are mine and remain valid. General public take note. AFFIDAVIT OF FACTS

I UYI BLESS is also same and one person bearing OMORUYI BLESSING. That I am using this medium to notify the authority concern to note that both UYI BLESS and OMORUYI BLESSING are same person. General public, ECOBANK, FIRST BANK please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and called as MISS LAWAL LATIFAT ABOSEDE now wish to be addressed and called as MRS OYEDELE LATIFAT ABOSEDE(NEE LAWAL), All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, general public should please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to certified that RAHMAN AKOLADE TAJUDEEN and ABDURAHMON ABIODUN TAJUDEEN is the same one person as TAJUDEEN ABDULRAMON ABIO, that henceforth wish to be addressed, known and called as TAJUDEEN ABDULRAMON ABIO. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, Heritage Bank Plc and general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS JIMOH NOFISAT BUKOLA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS TIJANI NOFISAT BUKOLA ALICE. NYSC and General Public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as ANDREW UBAKA now wish to be known and addressed as OKOLIE MADU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, BANJOKO KIKELOMO KEKE is one and same person as BANJOKO ADEWOLE KIKE KEKE now wish to be known and addressed as BANJOKO ADEWOLE KIKE KEKE. All former document remain valid general public should take note CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS RASHIDAT ABIOLA FADIMU, now which to be known and addressed as MRS. RASHIDAT ABIOLA KALEJAIYE. Former documents remain valid. Banks and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known, called and addressed as INNOCENT GODWIN, now wish to be known, called and addressed as CHUKWU CARLOUS. All former documents remain valid. Authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerned and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm that BLESSING SUNDAY FRANCIS is the same and one person as FRANCIS SUNDAY BLESSING now wish to be known, called and addressed as FRANCIS SUNDAY BLESSING. All former documents remain valid. Authorities concerned and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MR ELOJERIOR HARVEY OSAJIE now wish to be known and addressed as MR ELOJERIOR HARVEY IMADOJEMU. All former documents remain valid, general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as JOHN ALADI EKE now wish to be known and addressed as UBAKA ALADI EKE. Former documents remain valid. UBA Plc, Access Bank, NUT, LGEA Office, Onyedega , Ibaji, Kogi State and general public note. CHANGE OF NAME

IBRAHIM: I, formerly known and addressed as IBRAHIM SALISU now wish to be known and addressed as MOHAMMAD SANNI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CORRECTION OF NAME

OKECHUKWU: My name was mistakenly written as OKECHUKWU NELEKWACHI, now wish to be known and addressed as OKECHUKWU IFEANYICHUKWU ELEKWACHI. My correct Date of Birth is 17/08/1965. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

OKOGHO: Formerly known and addressed as OKOGHO GRACE OCHUWA now wish to be known and addressed as NWABUEZE GRACE OCHUWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note CHANGE OF NAME

OLASHEEN: Formerly known and addressed as OLASHEEN SAKARIYAU now wish to be known and addressed as SAKARIYAU ABDULWAHEED OLASHEEU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

NWAOKELEME: Formerly known and addressed as NWOKELEME CHUKWUNOYEREM P now wish to be known and addressed as NWAOKELEME CHUKWUNOYEREM PATRICK. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MARGRET-OWAM OWASHE now wish to be known and addressed as MARGRET ODOGUN. All documents remain valid. General public take note.

Friday, February 14, 2014

CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ADEKUNLE TOKUNBOH RAFIAT, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. SHOWEMIMO TOKUNBOH RAFIAT. All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ABDULIMUIMINU SANUSI I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SANUSI LAWALI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. CORRECTION OF NAME

My correct name is ISA RIFKATU and not ISA-ALI RIFKATU RUKAIYAT or ISA RUKAIYAT RIFKATU, henceforth my name will be spelt, called and addressed as ISA RIFKATU. General public please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm that OKORIE CHIAMAKA JUDITH is the same and one person as OKORIE AMAKA and OKORIE AMAKA JUDITH now wish to be known called and addressed as OKORIE CHIAMAKA JUDITH. All former documents remain valid. Authorities concerned and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to certify that my correct name is SODIQ AMINAT BLESSING not LAWAL AMINAT BLESSING henceforth my name will be spelt, called and addressed as SODIQ AMINAT BLESSING. Eco Bank Plc and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I was formerly known called & addrssed as OMAMBO LUTULA. Now wish to be known called as OMAMBO -BIENVENU-LUTULA. All former documents remain valid, general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

OLATUNJI: I, formerly known and addressed as OLATUNJI ADENIKE BOLATITO, now wish to be known and addressed as ABAYOMI-OLATUNJI ADENIKE BOLATITO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

NNAJI: I, formerly known and addressed as NNAJI KINGSLEY CHIGOZIE, now wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUEL KINGSLEY CHIGOZIE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS IHEDIWA OLAMIDE BINTU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ALABI OLAMIDE BINTU. All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as HAMED SHAMUSIDEEN OLALEKAN. Now AHMED SAMUSUDEEN OLALEKAN. Former documents remain valid. Banks and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I formerly known, called and addressed as MISS ADETUNJI CATHERINE IDOWU now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS ABISOYE CATHERINE IDOWU. All former documents remain valid. Also, my correct date of birth is 7th day of July, 1974. Diamond bank plc, Access bank Plc, and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm that POPOOLA KEHINDE AKINTADE ABEL is the same and one person as POPOOLA KEHINDE ABEL now wish to be known, called and addressed as POPOOLA KEHINDE ABEL. All former documents remain valid. Eco bank plc, Access bank plc and general public take note. CORRECTION OF NAME

This is to certify that my correct name is ZUBAIRU ILYAS ADAVIZE not Ilyas Zubair Adavize henceforth my name will be spelt, called and addressed as ZUBAIRU ILYAS ADAVIZE. GT Bank Plc and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I was formerly known and addressed as BASSEY UDOH Now wish to be known and addressed as EFFIONG. BASSEY. UDOH. All former documents remain valid, general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

KOLAWOLE: I, formerly known and addressed as KOLAWOLE OLUWASEYI OLUWAKEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as DANZO OLUWASEYI OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

CLETUS: I, formerly known and addressed as CLETUS OKONKWON ONWUGBENU now wish to be known and addressed as CLETUS OKONKWON ONUGHA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

NWAOKELEME: Formerly known and addressed as NWOKELEME CHUKWUNOYEREM now wish to be known and addressed as NWAOKELEME CHUKWUNOYEREM PATRICK NNWOKELEME. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

UZODIOKPU: Formerly known and addressed as UZODIOKPU IJEOMA PATRICIA now wish to be known and addressed as MMADU PRECIOUS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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MARIA: Formerly known and addressed as MARIA TOSEH, TOSE MARIA FIFONSI now wish to be known and addressed as TOSEH MARIA AJOKE . All former documents remain valid. General public take note CHANGE OF NAME

EDYMAOBONG: Formerly known and addressed as EDYMAOBONG MARGARET BASSEY now wish to be known and addressed as EDYMAOBONG MARGARET OLUWOLE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as ABOLORE TINUBU now wish to be known and addressed as KAZEEM ABOLORE TINUBU. All documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm that EIGBEDION EMMANUEL and ISIWELE EIGBEOION EMMANUEL.refer to as one and the same person. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

KUSEWON: Formerly known and addressed as KUSEWON SUNDAY now wish to be known and addressed as KUSEWON SUNDAY GABRIEL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note CHANGE OF NAME

OKE: Formerly known and addressed as OKE OLUWASEYI now wish to be known and addressed as OKE SEYI BABATUNDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as OKEKE NDUBUISI now wish to be known and addressed as OKEKE NWANKWO NDUBUISI. All documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm that EIGBEDION STELLA OMON and EIGBEDION STELLA ISIWELE. refer to as one and the same person. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS BABATUNDE KUDIRAT MOTUNRAYO, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OLADELE KUDIRAT MOTUNRAYO. All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as AYEOLA OLUWASEUN DAYO Now which to be known and addressed as SOILE OLUWASEUN TEMIDAYO. Former documents remain valid. General public note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known, called and addressed as YEMISI CLEMENT now want to be known, called and addressed as MOYEGUN YEMISI IBIRONKE. All former documents remain valid. First bank plc and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known, called and addtessed as MISS SAKA FAUSATU JOKE now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS SULIMON FAUSATU JOKE. All former documents remain valid. Authorities concerned and general public take note. CORRECTION OF NAME

This is to certify that my correct name is GODWIN KELVIN JONATHAN not GODWIN FOCUS JONATHAN henceforth my name will be spelt, called and addressed as GODWIN KELVIN JONATHAN. U.B.A Plc and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as FALODI BOBOLA now wish to be known and addressed as FALODI BOBOLA NIYI. All former documents remain valid, general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

BABATUNDE: I, formerly known and addressed as BABATUNDE TOPE, now wish to be known and addressed as BABATUNDE OLUWASOLA TEMITOPE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

OLOWOEYO: I, formerly known and addressed as OLOWOEYO KEHINDE OLUWAKEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNNAIKE KEHINDE OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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Formerly known and addressed as MISS SEKERE AMINAT OLUWAFUNMILOLA Now which to be known and addressed as MRS SOBOWALE AMINAT OLUWAFUNMILOLA. Former documents remain valid.NYSC and General public note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known, called and addressed as NGOZIKA IKAA IBIAM now wish to be known, called and addressed as NGOZIKA OLORUNTOBI ADEJUBE. All former documents remain valid. Authorities concerned and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known, called and addressed as MISS AKINWANDE TOYIN now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS OSENI TOYIN. All former documents remain valid. Authorities concerned and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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OKELEKE: This is to confirm that I, OKELEKE EMMANUEL CHINEDU is the same person bearing OKELEKE EMMANUEL, now wish to be known and addressed as OKELEKE EMMANUEL CHINEDU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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MARGARET: Formerly known and addressed as MARGARET ITOHAN OKOSUN now wish to be known and addressed as MARGARET ITOHAN IRIAH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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Formerly known, called and addressed as MISS MAKINDE TOYIN ELIZABETH now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS OYELAKIN AJIBIKE ELIZABETH. All former documents remain valid. Authorities concerned and general public take note. CORRECTION OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME ON MY BANK ACCOUNT This is to inform the general public that my name was mistakenly written as FRANCIS AUGUSTINE IRIKEFE instead of FRANCIS AUGUSTINE MAKANJUOLA which is my correct name. Henceforth my correct name is FRANCIS AUGUSTINE MAKANJUOLA. All former documents remain valid. Fidelity Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and General public take note.

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I formerly known as MR. UCHEGBU CHUKWUDI wishes to be known and addressed as MR. UCHEGBU CHUKWUDI KELECHI . All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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Formerly known, called and addressed as MISS ADENIYI BUKOLA RONKE now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS ADEBAYO BUKOLA RONKE. All former documents remain valid. Authorities concerned and general public take note.

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Formerly known and addressed as BENSON IKECHUKWU now wish to be known and addressed as CHIAKA IKECHUKWU MARK. All former documents remain valid, general public take note.

OGINI: Formerly known and addressed as MISS OGINI GLORIA NGOZIKA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS KELVIN GLORIA NGOZIKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

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Formerly known and addressed as OPE KAZEEM YAYA Now SOILE OPEOLUWA KASIMU. My date of birth is January 1st 1977. Former documents remain valid.General public note.

This is to inform the general public that my correct name is RASAQ KAZEEM SUNDAY. Not ONIFADE KAZEEM SUNDAY. As it was mistakenly written on my FCMB bank account. Henceforth i wish to be known and addressed as RASAQ KAZEEM SUNDAY. All former documents remain valid.FCMB bank plc, and The general public take note.

OMOTAYO: Formerly known and addressed as MISS OMOTAYO ABIBAT EGBERONGBE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OMOTAYO ABIBAT OLAOBAJU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

Formerly known and addressed as MISS TAIWO WAKILAT AYOMIDE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS JIMOH WAKILAT AYOMIDE. All documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I formerly known and addressed as ATINUKE OGUNLEYE, now wish to be known and addressed as ATINUKE MAFORIKAN. All former documents remain valid. General Public Take Note.

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MERCY: This is to confirm that I, MRS MERCY ARINOLA ADEOSHEMI is the same person bearing MRS MERCY ARINOLA OSHEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

AMINAT: Formerly known and addressed as MISS AMINAT ORIYOMI ALABI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AMINAT ORIYOMI BALOGUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

IZUKA: Formerly known and addressed as IZUKA NKECHI now wish to be known and addressed as OKOLIE NKECHI ANTHONIA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This to confirm that AKOR ALOY NWAWUTO and ALOYSIUS NWAWUTO AKOR refer to one and same person. Henceforth I wish to be known and addressed as ALOYSIUS NWAWUTO AKOR. All former documents remain valid and should be treated as one person. Banks and the general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as ABOLORE TINUBU now wish to be known and addressed as KAZEEM ABOLORE TINUBU. All documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MOSUDI BASIRATU ADULI now wish to be known and addressed as MOSHOOD BASIRATU ADUNNI. That MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 11TH OF AUGUST, 1978. All former documents remain valid. Banks and general public please take note.

Agri Business

Friday, November 18, 2016

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Fish farmers need customs duty waivers, VAT to grow –Adenuga The Managing Director of Premier Standard Industrial Limited, Mr, Gbolahan Adenuga is a seasoned Pharmacist whose work experience in overseas spanned various sectors. As the Managing Director of a company that has diversified its portfolio into the agricultural sector and in partnership with Coppens International BV, a leading manufacturer of animal feeds, he speaks on how to grow the fishing sub-sector in this interview with ABOLAJI ADEBAYO Could you give us an insight of how your company has fared over the years? It is true that this company was established over 20 years ago, but talking about 30 years of this business is what is beyond me because my father, Mr. Fatai Adenuga who is today the Executive Chairman of this company actually came up with the idea. I was appointed Managing Director in 2012 and since I came on-board, I can tell you that we have had our own ups and downs. Over the last five years, the business climate in Nigeria has been tough due to several reasons, but nevertheless, one has just to keep on finding solutions to any challenge that may arise in the cause of the business. Our industry has been very challenging in recent time, but in this company, we see it as a form of adventurous and so far, I’ve enjoyed the experience. As one of the importers of animal feeds in the country, you will need foreign exchange to carry out your business regularly, how has the current situation of foreign exchange scarcity impacted on your business? One of the major challenges we have been facing in this business in the past two years is forex. In 2015, I would say through the aid of most of our commercial banks, we were able to access a significant chunk of our forex demands from one bank or the other because as the business is, you cannot depend on only one bank for your business. What we did at that point in time was to spread all our business transactions across all the major banks and one way or the other, we were able to get forex at the official market from the various banks in 2015, but come what may now in 2016, it’s been very challenging and I want to say this year, we have only gotten maybe only 10-15 per cent of our forex demands from the official market while the other percentage were sourced from the black market, which has added to the high costs of our imports. Just like in any other business that you do, it will get to a certain limit where customers can not just patronise your product anymore and the way it has gone so far, the first and second quarter of this year, we have increased prices maybe three to four times, probably because of the brand that we have in the market, customers have accepted the price increase, but the unfortunate thing is that it has gotten to the limit now where you can no longer increase price. This has significantly impacted on the import that we were doing when compared to what we were doing in 2015. It has significantly dropped from what we did in 2015. Our volume has dropped by about 40-50 per cent. How would you react to the spate of many businesses

Since it is expensive importing your products, is the company looking at local production to cushion the effects of increasingly scarce foreign exchange on your operations? In the area of local production, we have been tinkering about how we can produce the products locally, but the major challenge is that it will be practically impossible to source all your materials locally. When you are talking of local production of animal feeds, there is no way you can source all your materials locally, you will still need a little bit of forex as you will need some foreign components to make production possible. Nevertheless, it’s a challenge one has to find a solution around it. As a professional in the industry, how much do you think this sub-sector would require to meet domestic demand for fish? If we are to project and look at it critically, the industry will probably need nothing less than $500 million because this sector is big and requires a lot of financial inputs. Adenuga

For a government that wants to support the

agriculture industry, we would expect that local producers and importers of feeds would be exempted from

VAT once you are

not collecting such from importers of fish closing shops in recent times due to the harsh economic situation in the country? Several companies have bolted out in recent time and I can tell you that the situation has not been palatable at all. However, if the situation continues, one will have to look at the several other options available. However, we do hope that the situation does not get any worse than what we are experiencing now. We don’t pray that it gets to that stage, but if it happens, one will have to look for alternative solution to the problem at hand.

USAID partners Chi farms to support fish farmers Udo Onyeka

nited States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Chi Farms Ltd have partnered to contribute to food security and small holder farmer empowerment in Nigeria, by growing the Nigerian aquaculture industry. As part of the U.S. government’s Feed

the Future initiative, Chi Farms will engage small holder farmers to become successful catfish farmers, by ensuring supply of quality feed and quality catfish juveniles to the farmers to enhance its feed milling and hatching capacities. “This development will add positively to the overall food security in Nigeria. We are delighted that USAID has decided to sup-

Many companies are now seeking financial support from government to sustain their operations. Are you also thinking in that direction? What we practically do in this industry is to provide feeds to farmers. There is an association of catfish farmers and several other associations in the sub-sector. I know they are very well regulated and structured. I’m sure they have approached the government for assistance in the past. What I can say is happening at our own level is that we are devising a mean by which we can engage the government to give us some levels of waivers and some tax holidays especially in the area of Value Added Tax, VAT, but we have not actually gone so far. However, we hope that as time goes by, we will be able to achieve a lot. Parts of the challenges I think the industry is facing is that the importers of fish into the country, do not pay VAT, but unfortunately, people that actually supply the animal feeds and local feeds producers, are subjected to pay VAT by government agencies. So, there is a disconnect somewhere. For a government that wants to support the agriculture industry, we would expect that local producers and importers of feeds would be exempted from VAT once you are not collecting such from importers of fish. These are all the areas we are looking at engaging the government as a body. 70 per cent of fish production is on feeds and the cost of that is going up, but unfortunately the price of fish in the market itself does not correlate with the cost of production. Fish farmers are finding it very challenging to break even.

port the proposed initiative of Chi Farms. At the same time, it is at the core of what we do at Chi Farms: We are convinced that working with out-growers is a step in the right direction towards sustainable economic development” said Executive Director, Chi Farms Ltd, Martin Middernacht. In the same vein a USAID representative, Mr Roland Oroh said the agency is very happy to work towards food security

in Nigeria with Chi Farms. According to him USAID previously partnered with Chi Pharma, a sister company to Chi Farms, to roll out insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria. The agency said under the partnership, not only fish farmers but also over 6,000 soy and maize farmers will be trained to meet the quality standards of Chi Farms. They will be closely integrated in the supply chain of the fish feed mill.

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Business Maritime

Operators carpet FG over planned N2.5bn operating fees Stories: Francis Ezem

reight forwarding practitioners and Customs brokerage agents under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, and National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, have faulted Federal Government’s plans to compel they pay Practitioners Operating Fee, POF. The government planned to rake in a minimum of N2.5 billion yearly from the collection of the POF, which has been a subject of controversy in the last five years. The two professional associations believe that it is the responsibility of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding Practice in Nigeria CRFFN, to regulate such payments, arguing that the council was primarily created by an Act of the National Assembly to regulate freight forwarding practice and such related issues.. President of NCMDLCA, Mr. Lucky Amiwero, while speaking at a town hall meeting with members of the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria MARAN, and other stakeholders in the supply chain in Lagos, said that the regulatory framework of the CRFFN is formed on an illegal grounds, as the council’s current registrar, who is not an elected chief executive has no such power to regulate or collect any other fees other than freight forwarders subscription fee. According to him, there is no provision in the law that authorises the Minister of Transport to regulate or collect such fees. He said:”We are rather under the Ministry of Finance, not Transport. The

Finance Ministry has regulatory powers over us, not the Transport Ministry.” Other stakeholders, who spoke at the event, called for the reconstitution of the governing board of the council, arguing that the council’s board was meant to be occupied by professionals and not representatives of the government. They insisted that the freight forwarders, who are professionals in their right

should be allowed to regulate ourselves through a properly constituted governing board of the council as against the current practice whereby government regulates the practitioners. Chairman, Apapa chapter of the Association of Registered Freight Forwarders of Nigeria AREFFN, Mr. Jones Idemili, one of such stakeholders, who spoke at the event,, noted that the division among Cus-

toms brokerage agents and freight forwarders began when many associations erupted in the cargo clearing industry. According to him, the issue of POF was better handled when it was only one association, arguing that now there are more than 15 freight forwarders associations, only five subscribe to the CRFFN, which makes the issue more complicated.

NPA signs MoU on transparent budget implementation

s part of efforts to promote transparency in its budgeting processes with a view to blocking leakages, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with BudgiT Information Technology Network. This is also in line with its desire to open up its budget to members of the public and provide Nigerians with all the necessary information during its implementation. Managing Director of the authority, Ms. Hadiza Usman, who spoke during the official signing ceremony in Lagos, said that the MoU will assist the NPA in promoting transparency and accountability not in terms of budget implementation but also in all its operational activities.. According to her, the partnership was necessitated by the urgent need to evolve an open budget system platform and implementation of a public data dissemination programme that will help the agency in block leakages in its revenue channels. While commenting on the competence of its partners, the MD disclosed that BudgiT has achieved similar feats in the areas of socio-technological advocacy towards opening up its budgets to the citi-

zens and the global public for their comprehension and scrutiny. Available records show that BudgiT commenced operations since 2011. It was also gathered that the MoU would be enable NPA to deliver on its mandate and also create more wealth for the Nigerian nation. The MoU would in addition enhance the ability of the authority to ensure efficient and effective management of all its 24 terminals across the country as a critical segment of the nation’s economy, with a view to promoting competitiveness of the terminals. The Managing Director also said that in addition to promoting transparency in public expenditure, the partnership would instill a framework for transparent budget provisions for the authority, allows stakeholders to make inputs, encourages participatory governance by way of feedbacks

and creates an enabling environment to encourage foreign investment. “The collaboration will bring about key researches; ensure that industry policies and innovations are effectively communicated. It will also ensure that critical data are generated and made accessible for policy makers, private sector actors, stakeholders and the general public”, the MD had also said. Meanwhile, Lead Partner of BudgiT, Mr. Oluseun Onigbinde, who also spoke at the event, said that the NPA was the first revenue generating government agency to make its budget public and assured that the management of the authority would not regret for keying into the programme. “The collaboration, apart from promoting probity, transparency and accountability, would also restore the confidence of the government and the public in the management of NPA”, Onigbinde assured.

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Usman

African journalists’ group task govts on maritime security

edia practitioners in the African shipping industry under the aegis of African Maritime Journalists Association AMJA, have made a strong case for the various governments in the continent to come up with a united force against the increasing spate of insecurity within the continent’s waters. President of the association, Mr. Sesan Onileimo, who spoke shortly after the inauguration of the five-man executive council of the association in Lagos, urged African leaders to close ranks on maritime security to boost economic growth and development of the continent, The newly sworn Exco apart from Onileimo, comprise Ms. Colleen Jacka (South Africa), Vice President, Mr. George Sunguh (Kenya). Secretary General, and Ms Grace Nana Boateng, a Ghanaian, who is the Treasurer. The president, who delivering a speech shortly after the inauguration, said that it would take the cooperation and collaboration of African government to come up with a strong force that

would adequately check the excesses of sea pirates and other criminal elements in the continent with a view to securing the waterways. The pioneer president of the association said it was not by chance that 38 out of the 54 African countries are located within the coastal region. “This is a calculated plan by nature to make the region a blue economy that can trigger economic advancement in other sectors. There is vast endowment in aquatic and non-aquatic resources, including oceans, seas, coasts, lakes and underground waters. The rising insecurity in the rich Gulf of Guinea is scaring and can spur investor’s boycott of the region. Intra subregional trade is doing well to drive the cost of moving goods from one country to another in the North Africa. It will better if such trend is broadened in other African States”, Onileimo added. He said that the spirit behind the recent African Union’s Extraordinary Summit on Maritime Security, Safety and Development in Africa hosted by the government of Togo was apt.

Scotland looks into impacts of Brexit on cruise Industry

ruise industry operators and representatives are gathering at a summit in Edinburgh today to discuss the potential impact of Brexit on Scotland’s cruise industry, among other issues. The summit comes as Cruise Scotland announced that an estimated 520,000 passengers disembarked at ports across Scotland in 2016, representing a 14.7% increase on last year. Following an increase of 14.8% in the period from 2014 to 2015, the industry has almost doubled in size since 2010 when there were around 268,000 passengers. The gathering will also cover the topic of how to continue “to make Scottish destinations as attractive as possible and maintain industry growth in the future.” As well as acknowledging the efforts

of the industry in sustaining this year-onyear growth, Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary, will note that the Scottish Government “is willing to listen and act upon issues threatening the industry.” This includes any future UK Government actions which increase uncertainty over face to face passport checks for passengers at Scottish ports. He will also call for clarity from the UK Government over the impact of Brexit on any future UK visa requirements for cruise passengers. Ewing said that “the nature of the industry dictates that business planning must take place up to two years in advance, meaning the uncertainties facing most businesses are accelerated for the cruise industry.”

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Capital Market

Friday, November 18, 2016

Equities shed 0.21%, as bearish trend lingers Johnson Okanlawon

rading in equities sustained bearish tempo for the fifth consecutive day on the Nigerian Stock Exchange yesterday as investor’s outlook remains bleak. The All Share Index depreciated 0.21 per cent to close at 25,599.79 points, compared to the decline of 0.79 per cent recorded the preceding day to close at 25.653.14 points. Market capitalization lost N21billion to close at N8.812 trillion, compared to the depreciation of N73billion recorded the preceding day to close at N8.830trillion. Volume of trades decreased from 189million shares traded in the previous session to 145million shares

traded, while value recorded 1.18billion naira as against 1.35billion naira, representing a 12.2 per cent incline from the previous trading level. Transactions in the shares of Guaranty Trust Bank, Staco Insurance, and Transcorp topped the activity chart as most traded equities by volume. All sector indices closed in red region save for Banking Index and Insurance Index, which trended up with 0.19 per cent and 0.47 per cent gain respectively while Alternative Securities Index remained flat. Stock analysts noted that the general market outlook remains negative

on active sell pressure. “We expect possible long position taking by value investors on fundamentally strong equities given their current low prices,” the analyst said. The total value of stocks traded was N1.19billion, down by 12.23 per cent from N1.35billion recorded the preceding day. The total volume of stocks traded was 161.59mn in 2,086 deals. NASCON Plc led the gainers’ table with 37 kobo or 4.93 per cent to close at N7.88 per share, followed by Honeywell Plc with 5kobo or 4.81 per cent to close at N1.09 per share. May and Baker Plc appreciated four kobo or 4.55 per cent to close at 92 kobo

per share, while Fidelity Bank Plc added three kobo or 3.95 per cent to close at 79 kobo per share. AIICO Insurance Plc was up two kobo or 3.45 per cent to close at 60kobo per share. Conversely, Forte Oil Plc depreciated N4.35 or five per cent to close at N82.67 per share, while GlaxoSmithKline Plc shed 71 kobo or 4.98 Source: NSE per cent to close at N13.54 per share. Exchange Rate Chemical and Applied Naira US Dollar Products dropped N1.68 or $1 304.75 4.98 per cent to close atGainers N32.07 and Losers Start Date 16/11/2016 through End Date 17/11/2016 per share, while Cadbury Plc and Losers Market indicators Gainers Print Date 17/11/2016 16/11/2016 through End Date 17/11/2016 dipped 52 kobo or 4.92 Start perDate All-Share Index 25,599.79 points Print Date 17/11/2016 cent to close at N10.05 per Market capitalisation 8.81trn share. Gainers for Equities Total Plc was down N13.97 2016-11-16 Gainers for2016-11-17 Equities Symbol Closing Price(N) Closing Price(N) Gain(N) % Change or 4.82 per cent to close at S/N 2016-11-16 2016-11-17 1 S/NNASCONSymbol 7.51 Closing Price(N) 7.88 0.37 % Change 4.93 Gain(N) Closing Price(N) N276 per share. 2 1 HONYFLOUR 1.04 1.09 0.05 4.81 NASCON 7.51 7.88 0.37 4.93 3

FG bond sale fails target, as investors seek higher yields Johnson Okanlawon

with agency report

he Debt Management Office, DMO, sold far fewer bonds than it offered on Wednesday, as investors demanded higher yields from a government struggling to contain its borrowing costs. The office raised N39 billion in bonds maturing in five, 10 and 20 years time, less than half the N95 billion it had wanted. Investors were demanding yields as high as 18 per cent for the notes, way above the mid-point at which the DMO wanted to issue them, auction re-

sults showed. “The thinking in the market was that the bonds are not rightly priced now considering the level at which treasury bills are trading, hence the lack of interest to buy at the present yield level,” one trader told Reuters. The DMO sold N20 billion worth of 2036 debt at 15.94 percent and N14 billion of 2026 debt at 15.98 percent. It issued N5 billion of 2021 debt at 15.48 percent, less than 15 percent of the N35 billion initially offered. Yields in the secondary market in the last one

week have slightly inched upward. Analysts at Capital Bancorp had said that due to current market conditions, yields at the primary auction may close around the current yields in the market. The country issues sovereign bonds monthly to support the local bond market create a benchmark for corporate issuance and fund its budget deficit. The government plans to borrow about N900 billion locally to finance part of the N2.2 trillion deficit in its 2016 budget. It is also seeking advisers and bookrunners to man-

Big banks may not profit from Trump-UBS Group

he stock rally in financial stocks since the US presidential election may slow down if the new administration fails to cut red tape for big banks, a top UBS Group AG asset management executive said yesterday at the Reuters Global Investment Outlook Summit in New York. The rally that has broadly driven the S&P 500 Financials Index more than 13 percent higher since November 4 is due for a nearterm pullback, according to Dawn Fitzpatrick, global head of equities, multiasset and the O’Connor hedge fund businesses at UBS Asset Management. “One of the things that I think the market might have a little bit wrong here

is the relative valuation between regional banks and money-center banks,” said Fitzpatrick, who is responsible for overseeing roughly $300 billion in assets. “The policies you’re going to see on the financial side are going to disproportionately favor the regional banks.” Still, she disputed “the notion that we’re going to go back to pre-financial crisis backdrop for the big money-center banks.” Fitzpatrick said regulatory relief for big banks could be limited, but more regionals are likely to win exemption from certain provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation. In particular, banks with more than $50 billion

in assets are subject to additional regulation, and they have been lobbying to have that threshold raised. A move to change that provision could lead to mergers and acquisitions among regional banks, Fitzpatrick said. The US stock market has largely reacted positively to the November 8 election of Donald Trump as US president, but bonds and emerging markets have been hammered. Fitzpatrick said she expected China to push its yuan currency lower before Trump takes office in January. The presidentelect has vowed to label China a currency manipulator. Trump will have the support of a Republican-

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age a planned $1 billion Eurobond sale this year. However, the overnight lending rate rose to 22 per cent on Friday from 13 per cent last week due to tight liquidity worsened by banks inability to get access to their balances with the regulator. The banks were demanding as high as 25 per cent to place funds on the market overnight and that a technical glitch at the central bank’s system which started last month had not been resolved. “There was no cash flow to the system this week because of no treasury maturity,” one trader said.

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Losers for Equities

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US poll fallout: My pain losing to Trump–Clinton Afolabi Gambari

WITH AGENCY REPORT

osing candidate at last week’s US presidential election, Hillary Clinton, yesterday laid bare her disappointment in a first public appearance since she lost her bid for the White House. The Democratic candidate said she had wanted to curl up with a good book and never leave the house again. But in a speech at a children’s charity she urged the audience to fight for American values and never give up. Clinton won the popular vote but was beaten to the presidency in the all-important US Electoral College. “Now I will admit coming here wasn’t the easiest thing for me,” she said as she was honoured by the Children’s Defense Fund. “I know many of you are deeply

Losing candidate Hillary Clinton

disappointed about the results of the election. I am, too, more than I can ever express. “I know this isn’t easy. I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country

we thought it was.” There was little ceremony and no sign of security for the former presidential candidate who is known simply as “Hillary” in this circle of friends. The audience were on their feet

Abe set for Trump meeting

apan’s Prime Minister Shizo Abe is set to become the first foreign leader to meet United States President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last week. Abe said before he departed Tokyo for the United States late on Wednesday that he wanted to build trust and work together for prosperity and world peace, according to reports. The meeting in New York comes amid concern over the foreign policy direction of Tokyo’s biggest ally. Trump has said Japan needs to pay more to maintain US troops on its soil. He also condemned a major trade deal struck by President Obama with Japan and other Pacific Rim countries. The US and Japan have been key allies since the end of World War Two, when the US helped Japan rebuild its economy. Abe is stopping in New York on his way to an Asia-Pacific

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

trade summit in Peru. But details of the meeting were unclear, with a Japanese official saying the venue had not been “firmed up”. “There has been a lot of confusion,” a Japanese official said. We want to safeguard our alliance with the United States during the transition,” a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official, Tetsuya Otsuru, also said when the meeting was announced.

Trump has toned down some of his more strident rhetoric since the election, but that has not stopped observers wondering whether the fundamentals of post-war US policy on Asia can survive. Trump has also yet to select his new cabinet and other positions, but has has denied that the transition to the White House is in disarray. Trump and Vice President-

and chanting her name as she took to the podium. When she talked about her disappointment, murmurs of agreement spread through the room in waves. That murmur grew louder as she urged those listening not to lose heart, as an emotional plea for action. “The divisions laid bare by this election run deep, but please listen to me when I say this,” she added. In her concession speech after losing the election, Clinton said rival Trump must be given the chance to lead. Since then she has kept a low profile, although she was spotted while out walking. In a phone call leaked to US media she also blamed her loss on FBI Director James Comey, who announced a new inquiry into her use of a private email server in the run up to the vote.

elect Mike Pence have spoken with 29 world leaders since the election, according to a statement from the transition team. But it remained unclear at press time who else might be at the meeting with Abe. High-level talks are rarely held in such an informal context and Tokyo is keen to minimise uncertainty during the long handover of power.

Brazil protesters seek military rule

ozens of protesters demanding a military coup yesterday forced their way into Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress in the capital, Brasilia. At least 40 demonstrators scuffled with guards and took over the podium as a session began on Wednesday. Denouncing government corruption, they called for a return to military rule, which Brazil saw from 1964 to 1985. In Rio de Janeiro, police fired tear gas at public sector workers protesting against cuts. The protesters swept past security guards and smashed a glass door to get into the parliament chamber, where they shouted “general here, general here” and sang the national anthem. It took police three hours to round up all the protesters, according to reports which also said the protesters were all detained. Later in the day, President Mi-

chel Temer’s spokesman, Alexandre Parola, called the protest an “affront” and said it was a “violation of the norms of democratic co-existence.” “It’s worrying and serves as a warning. We are returning to an era of extremes,” a congressional deputy, Betinho Gomes, said. Public confidence in Brazilian institutions has been eroded by a massive corruption scandal and the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. Temer was Rousseff ’s vicepresident before being promoted after her dismissal. Last week she filed court documents accusing him of accepting a large bribe. His party says the money was a legal campaign donation. Brazil was one of several Latin American nations where the military overthrew democratic governments in the 1960s and 70s. Also on Wednesday, protesters

gathered outside the state legislature where austerity plans to tackle the city’s financial crisis were being debated. Police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades into a crowd of about 2, 000 protesters, ranging from teachers to off-duty police officers. The state has been hit by a drop in global oil and commodity prices and declared a financial emergency ahead of the Rio Olympics earlier this year.

Protesters singing the national anthem in Brasilia yesterday

“The challenge is not for me to bring the left and the right together. The challenge is to bring France together” –Former France Economy Minister, Emmanuel Macron

WORLD BULLETIN Election: Jammeh warns against violence The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh yesterday warned his supporters that violence was like bushfire that could destroy the country, as he calls for peaceful campaigning ahead of highly anticipated elections in which he is seeking a fifth term. In a speech broadcast on state media, Jammeh said: “Our campaign is focusing on peace and security and not for violence. Violence is like bushfire. You can know where it starts but you won’t know where it will end. “Therefore let us campaign peacefully, vote peacefully and then celebrate our victory.” Most of the major Gambian opposition parties have picked a single candidate, businessman Adama Barrow of the United Democratic Party (UDP), to run against Jammeh on December 3.

Crackdown scares Myanmar minority Reports said yesterday that hundreds of people from the Rohingya minority in Myanmar are trying to escape a military crackdown by crossing the border into Bangladesh. According to the reports, the people attempting to flee include children. Witnesses and Bangladeshi officials however said that some people trying to flee have been shot and killed. At least 130 people have died during a military operation in Rakhine state, where many of the minority live, in just over a month. Activists say hundreds of homes have been burnt to the ground but the government rejects that claim. Foreign reporters have not been allowed into the area. Rakhine is home to more than a million Rohingya Muslims, who are not recognised as Myanmar citizens.

Kenya shifts Camp shutdown The government of Kenya has extended by six months the deadline to close the world’s largest refugee camp. It had said the Dadaab Camp, home to more than 300,000 Somalis, should shut down by the end of this month. But the government now says it has suspended the repatriation to allow more time for consultation and funding. Rights groups had expressed alarm over the initial deadline for closing the camps and called on Kenya to roll back its decision. Last May, Kenya’s Interior Minister Joseph Nkaisserry said his country would be working closely with the UN and the Somali government to repatriate the refugees so the camp could be vacated for closure. Back then, he said the decision was final.

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FIFA is wrong to ban poppies on shirts for the World Cup qualifier between England and Scotland. By wanting to be too politically correct you can go sometimes against tradition – Arsene Wenger

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D’tigers’ Rio Olympics participation was an eye opener –Umar Joel Ajayi

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Suwon Invitational

U-19 players stranded in Abuja

everal disgraced Nigeria U-19 players were stranded in Abuja on return from the Suwon International Tournament in South Korea after they were each paid a meager five thousand naira by the officials of the Nigeria Football Federation as transport fare back to their bases following their poor outing in the four nation invitational tournament in the East Asian country. Some of the players were stranded and had to send SOS message to their relations for more money to add to the 5,000 Naira paid each of them before they could return home,” a source informed. “At a point it even looked like nothing would be paid to the team after they returned from Korea.” Team officials received 10,000 Naira with head coach Manu Garba paid double that amount. The tournament organisers

paid the NFF an appearance fee besides paying for their flight tickets and boarding in Korea. The Nigeria U-19s, made up by the core of the U-17 players who failed to qualify for next year’s AFCON petit championship in Madagascar, posted a dismal outing at the invitational Suwon tourney. They lost all three matches; 8-1 to England, 1-0 to Iran and 3-0 to

hosts Korea to finish rock bottom of the competition. Some of the players who spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity described as unfair the shoddy treatment meted out to them by the NFF and wondered why the football house will give them a paltry amount as transport which they say could not pay for their trip to their various homes.

“It is unfortunate that the NFF decided to treat us this way because we could not put up a good performance at the tournament. “This type of shoddy treatment discourages one to represent his country. We are not saying that we should be paid millions but they should have paid us something reasonable to enable us get back to our various homes”, noted the players.

AWCON: Cameroonian Regional Governor wishes Super Falcons success

he Super Falcons have been promised a great time in Cameroon as they prepare to defend the Women Africa Cup of Nations title at the 10th edition that kicks off tomorrow. The representative of the Governor of the Littoral region, Mr. Etienne Ludovic Ngbwa received

the players on arrival at the Douala International Airport, Wednesday night. He welcomed the reigning African champions with these words: “I am here to bring the goodwill message of the Governor to you. To welcome the Nigerian contingent to Cameroon and wish the team a successful outing

at the Women AFCON.” The Falcons have now gradually settled in Buea and are camped at the Parliamentarian Flats Hotel. The Cup holders will take on Mali in their opening game of Group B on Sunday, 20th November at the Stade Municipal de Limbe.

resident of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Tijani Umar, yesterday disclosed that the senior men’s national team, D’Tigers, participation at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games was an eye opener for the federation. Umar stated this at a press briefing in Abuja to herald the NBBF Division One Basketball Tournament holding from today November 18- 26. According to him, there was no illusion on ground before the Rio Games that the D’Tigers were going to Brazil to win any medal but that the team’s participation was a continuation of the process embarked upon by the federation in putting structures aimed at developing the game in the country. “I want to say that the participation of the national team at the Rio Olympics was a great eye opener. It continued the process of building a solid structure for the national. “I don’t think anybody was under any illusion that the team was going to Brazil to win a medal rather in the federation, we knew it was going to be the continuation of the building process which was started in 2012. “A lot of Nigerians expected much than what the team can offer but we knew as the handlers of the team that we were evolving a process. “Everyone knew that of the 12 teams; 11 were going to fight for the silver medal and bronze. The gold medal was surely going to the U.S because they are ahead of others in the game. It is how much you invest that determines what you reap,” the NBBF boss said. He disclosed that funding was a major challenge for the D’Tigers ahead of the Rio Games in spite of the fact that the federation began preparations early, adding that the investment on the senior national basketball team was simply not enough. On the Division One tournament, Umar informed that a total of 17 teams, made up of nine from the Atlantic Conference and eight from the Savannah Conference, would participate in the tournament even as he explained that there would be no monetary reward for winners but rather they will win a trophy as well as earn promotion to the Premier League.

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UCL: Man United faces £20m Adidas blow

anchester United will lose more than £20m in sponsorship income from Adidas if they fail to qualify for next year’s Champions League.

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The German sportswear giant is in the second season of a 10-year, £750m deal. After announcing a fall in firstquarter revenue, United said the annual payment will reduce by 30% if they do not reach Europe’s flagship competition for a second successive season. United are sixth in the Premier League, six points off the top four. “There is a clause in the Adidas contract that applies if we are missing from the Champions League for two years in a row,” said United’s chief financial officer Cliff Baty. “An example would be if we were due to receive £70m in a given year; we would not receive £21m.” The sum is taken off each year of the contract, with the first payment covering the years for which the deal which came into force in 2015 has been active. Baty said a failure by United to get out of the Europa League group stage this season would cost the club “single digit millions”.

Benzema resumes Real Madrid training

arim Benzema has resumed training after a spell on the sidelines with a muscular injury as Real Madrid prepares to take on Atletico Madrid tomorrow. The Frenchman missed Madrid’s last game before the international break; a 3-0 La Liga win over Leganes and there were doubts over whether he would be fit in time to face Atletico. Benzema had to sit out Tuesday and Wednesday’s training sessions due to the issue, but he could now feature in this weekend’s derby after joining his team-mates for Thursday’s practice. The 28-year-old’s return to regular training will come as a huge boost to head coach Zinedine Zidane after fellow striker Alvaro Morata suffered a hamstring prob-

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lem that could keep him out for up to a month. Benzema has netted five goals in 13 appearances in all competitions for Madrid this term. He scored his side’s only goal when Madrid held out for a 1-1 draw with Atletico at the Vicente Calderon last season.

Gerrard, MK Dons in contact over managerial role E

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x-England and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and MK Dons have been in contact over the vacant manager’s role. It is not clear whether the 36-yearold midfielder, who is set to leave MLS side LA Galaxy in December, will retire from playing should he land the role.

Atiba assures on Private Secondary Schools’ tourney Ifeanyi Eduzor

rganiser of the season three of the on-going annual Lagos State Private Secondary Schools Football Competition, Prince Adewale Atiba says that the competition tagged “Proprietors Cup” is capable of producing future stars for the country’s U-17 and U-20 national teams. He told National Mirror yesterday that the championship which was primarily set up to encourage healthy rivalry among students of private secondary schools in Lagos State has led to the discovery of many talented players who would be nurtured to stardom.

“I am happy that the tournament which is in its third edition has received acceptability among many private secondary schools in the state. “Apart from the competition giving opportunity to the players to exhibit their skills, we have been encouraged by the abundant talents discovered through the tournament and we hope to sustain it”, stated Atiba whose Atico Global Concept Limited is organising the competition. Meanwhile in some of the matches played in the Ikeja zone of the championship, Unique Heights High School defeated Elias International School by a lone goal while Vicsum College lost by 0-2 to St Anthony School just as Nigerian- Turkish School recorded a 1-0 victory over

SEF High School. Also St Joseph Secondary School defeated Cnyley College by a lone goal; Providence School recorded a 5-3 penalty victory over Barachel College while the match between Caleb International College and Front Runner College ended 1-0 in favour of the former. In the female category, Vicsum College lost 0-1 to St Anthony School with Good Shepherd High School recording a lone goal victory over Unique Height School just as St Joseph Secondary School recorded an emphatic 2-0 defeat over Caleb International College. All the matches were decided at the play ground of Caleb International College, CMD Road, Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos.

He would succeed Karl Robinson at MK Dons, who are 21st in League One. Gerrard, England’s fourth mostcapped player, left Anfield in 2015 after 17 years in the first team, playing 710 times and winning eight major trophies. MK Dons are exploring a number of opportunities and Gerrard is understood to be one of numerous candidates. Since announcing he is to leave

the United States before the end of the year, Gerrard has been linked with moves to both Celtic and Newcastle United. He has said he has “options on and off the pitch”, and former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson stated the Reds should re-sign him as a player-coach. Gerrard is currently pursuing his Uefa A coaching licence; the second-highest qualification offered.

Gnabry open to Bayern Munich move

erder Bremen attacker Serge Gnabry has welcomed reports linking him with a move to Bayern Munich. The Germany international has been one of the revelations of the Bundesliga season following his move from Arsenal and scored a hat-trick on his senior Germany debut against San Marino last week. Bayern are believed to be keeping a close eye on the winger’s development, with reports suggesting they have an option to buy him at the end of the season. Gnabry would face stiff competition for a place in the starting XI at the Allianz Arena, but he would be up for the fight. “I could definitely see myself at Bayern Munich,” Gnabry told re-

porters. Bayern defender Jerome Boateng, meanwhile, would welcome the 21-year-old with open arms if he were to make the move. “Gnabry has developed superbly, he is an amazing player,” Boateng said at a news conference. “I think he has what it takes to play for Bayern. I hope he will stay healthy, he has the potential to achieve anything.”

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CAF Beach Soccer: MOC, SWAN sign MoU

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he main organising committee of the 2016 edition of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations slated to hold in Lagos between December 13 – 18 has signed a memorandum of understanding with the national executives of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria. Speaking at the occasion Chairman of the Main Organising Committee of the championship, Seyi Akinwunmi noted that the MoU became necessary to enable sports writers contribute meaningfully to the success of the tournament even as he stated that it is a sign of the cordial relationship existing between the football house and SWAN. According to Akinwunmi who

also doubles as first vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, the agreement became necessary because SWAN as one of the major stakeholders in Nigerian sports deserved to be incorporated in projects that will uplift football in the country. In his remarks at the occasion, SWAN National President, Honour Sirawoo described the signing ceremony as evidence of good working relationship existing between his association and the NFF, promising that his association will keep to its own part of the agreement. Director of Organisation of the tournament, Samson Adamu promised Nigerians that the tournament will be fun filled just as he announced that eight countries namely; Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, Senegal, Morocco and Madagascar will participate in the tournament.

NTTF Championships: finalists emerge in para tennis, as competition ends tomorrow

he battle for the title in the men’s Para table tennis event will be between Atlanta 96 Paralympian and Rio 2016 Paralympian, Nosiru Sule and Chinedu Nick who will be aiming for the coveted trophy and cash prize just as the championship ends tomorrow at the Indoor Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos. To berth in the final, Sule had to overcome one of his players that he has been coaching, Ahmed Koleosho to book his place in the final while Nick was merciless against his experienced opponent to qualify for the final. A determined Nick said he is aiming for the title as well as to establish himself as the country’s number one in the category. “I am in Lagos for a reason and my target is closed to becoming a reality. But I must admit that it was not easy making it to the final having played two touch matches consecutively before now. My opponent in the final is an experienced player and there is no doubt that it is not going to be a walkover. But I am determined to give my best and hoping that luck will be on my side,” Nick said. However, a calm and cool Sule

believes his opponent would not be an easy nut to crack. “I will not underrate him because he is also a Paralympian with experience and for me, everything will be at stake in the final. I am indeed hopeful that I can emerge as champion,” Sule said.

hree weeks ago, l trust fund owing to alleged started with one of unhealthy interference by the the recommenda- leadership of the then Nationtions of the God- al Sports Commission in the win Kienka’s sport Reform affairs of the trust fund. They Committee report which has did not hide the fact that they to do with the government have name and integrity to nominees on the board of fed- protect. erations. The committee had The exit of these gurus, recommended that the idea be shakers and movers of the ordone away with. ganized One other important aspect worth commending has to do with sponsorship and funding. The committee had emphasized on the importance of this aspect if our dream of sustainable sport development roadmap is to be achieved. There is therefore, the need for government to do everything possible to secure and assure the organised private sector support Dalung for the overall growth and development of the private sector in the country sports sector. has been a serious burden and The bitter experience of dent on the troubled image of the past which culminated in administration and managethe summary resignation of ment of sport in the country. Chief Molade Okoya Thomas The private sector is a major led board of ‘Team Nigeria’ stake holder in the modern day global sports arena. The buoyant and world class multimillion dollar European Premier League and other many international multi-million against me to be prepared to see dollar global sporting events and championships should a better Aliu. “Boxing is an individual necessarily under-score the sport. I don’t know where my importance of the roles and next opponent will come from; responsibilities of the private all I know is that he won’t last sector in the quest or the ulthe distance. I will make sure he timate desire for a well strucregrets fighting me,”, boasted tured result oriented sport Aliu who have had two wins; template in Nigeria. one by technical knockout to his There is no doubt, what the credit. organized private sector needThe boxer who stated that his ed most is assurances of transquest to hone his boxing skills parency and accountability made him to depart Nigeria to with high level of integrity in seek for greener pastures in the the administration and mansport expressed happiness that agement of Sports in the counprofessional boxing is gradually try. Since government alone coming back to Nigeria through can no longer fund sports in the GOtv Boxing Night. view of the global economic

I’ll teach Gyual boxing lesson- Aliu

igeria’s junior bantamweight boxer, Lasisi Aliu has boasted that he will teach his Hungarian opponent, Gyula Dodu a lesson of his life when both of them step into the ring today’s night at the Ahdaaf Sports Club, Al Qouz Dubai Speaking to National Mirror from his base “Lucky Boy” as he is fondly called by his admirers said he is well prepared for the fight and is unperturbed by the boxing prowess of his opponent. “So many things have been said about my last fight but I want to assure my critics that they will see a better Aliu

melt-down, there is therefore the need, more than ever before, to lay a solid foundation for sports to thrive in the country with the active participation of the organized private sector. This recommendation by the Sports Reform Committee can only be meaningful if the private sector is assured and convince that it will not be business as usual. That every penny generated will be judiciously utilized and transparently accounted for. There is no short cut about this. Once beaten, twice shy. The organised private sector may be reluctant. They may engage in foot dragging. Indeed, they may not want to take the recommendation serious owing to past experiences. But the relevant agencies of government must allay their fears and other areas of concern. These further explain my past submissions on the need to have those that pass integrity test to superintend over the running and administration of sports in the country. This is one sure way, the organised private sector can be more assured that it is no longer businesses as usual in line with the avowed change agenda of the current government. In my honest opinion, the private private sector cannot continue to take the back seat in the running of sport in the country. They have fundamental role to play in actualising the dreams and aspirations of millions of gifted and talented youths in the country. What they need is assurance which the government should be able to give them. KUDOS TO THE SUPER EAGLES Last week edition of this column was on the Super Eagles match against the Desert Warriors of Algeria. It was titled ‘The Tonic the Eagles Need”. It was based on the visit of the Vice President to the Eagles camp before the all important match. Thank God, they did not disappoint. The Eagles won 3-1. HARD BUT THE BITTER TRUTH What has been settled by God cannot be unsettled by man. What has been ordained by God is a settled matter. Any effort in the contrary is a waste of time. Hard But The Bitter Truth Until next week Friday, stay out of trouble and God bless Nigeria.

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The largest Peruvian folk dance consisted of 1, 247 couples and was achieved by the Municipality of Arequipa (Peru) in celebration of the city’s 474th anniversary on August 24 2014.

ot a few commuters that patronise the popular Bus Rapid Transit (BRT also known as LAGBUS) public transport scheme operated by the Lagos State Government were stranded early in the week when the drivers and ticket personnel downed tools to protest unpaid salaries and reversed terms of service. Reports indicated that as early as 6am, commuters were stranded at various BRT terminals, while resort to the usual public transport system became a transition from a bad to a worse situation. Call it jumping from the frying pan into the fire, as jubilant public transporters cashed in on the non-availability of BRT buses to fleece commuters. Many that could not afford the high transport charges trekked ridiculous distances to get to their places of work or business, while the frustrated returned home. Some of the drivers complained that

r s e n al rightback Hector Bellerin has b een r u l ed ou t fo r four week s w i t h a n ankle i nj u r y. The 2 1 - yea r- o ld S p an i a rd w as i n ju re d d ur ing t h e N or t h L o n d on der by against

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dozieokeama@yahoo.co.uk 08164966858 (SMS only) LAGBUS Asset Management Limited slashed their salaries from N60,000 to N45,000; and their performance bonus from N20,000 to N14,000. They also lamented they were being sanctioned anyhow, as well as the extension of their working hours beyond 6am to 2pm and 2pm to 10pm. There was also the controversy about reversed terms of service, as was evident from placards displayed at the LAGBUS office. Some of the placards read: “All LAGBUS will no longer use the dedicated BRT lane between Ikorodu and CMS because they are not paying the expected maintenance fees for the corridor”; “Onboard sales of pax tickets will cease on all LAGBUS red buses, Ticket will be sold prior to passenger boarding”; “All LAGBUS red buses will not be allowed to drop or pick passengers on the road along Ikorodu Road/ Western Avenue”; “LAGBUS will only operate express service between Ikorodu and Oshodi and the first stop will be Anthony”; “LAGBUS will only operate express service between the Ikorodu, Ojubode and Obalende”; “LAGBUS will stop operation on the following routes, Owode -ijora, Mile 12-Yaba, Oyingbo –Mile 12 and Mile 12 to inner Marina”; “All LAGBUS red buses will stop operations on the following routes: Agric (Ikorodu)-Maryland Ketu-Ikorodu”; “All LAGBUS red buses

No sooner had the scheme won the hearts of

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than its operators turned it to exactly the same eyesore that

Molue was travelling from Berger to Oshodi will do so via Gbagada /Oworonshoki”; “All LAGBUS red buses operating from Oshodi to Obalende will only travel via Third Mainland Bridge”. About four days ago, the LAGBUS Franchisee Forum (LFF) pleaded with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to save their investment from ruin following government’s prohibition of their services on the BRT corridor. Chairman of the forum, Mr Role Odukale, at a conference with the media in Lagos on behalf the 17 operators of LAGBUS franchisee, said the development would not only kill their business, but also bring hardship to residents of the state. “For us, it is the people that will suffer as evident today across bus stops in Lagos. This situation will add to our woes, we will not be able to meet up with our bank obligations because we borrowed money from banks. What this means is that few buses

will be available to serve over 20 million residents of the state. It is important to know that about 5, 000 people we engage in our services will lose their jobs. This directive should be reversed. The step taken by the government to restrict red buses from plying the BRT corridor will bring monopoly into the system, which can lead to exploitation. Our investment is huge, let the government save our businesses and the people. None of us has less than 20 buses and a depot each, no one has invested less than N300 million. More than N5 billion investment is in danger. We have about 1,200 buses in this investment. We started operations since February 2007 and we maintained the same fare up till date in spite of the increase in the prices of diesel and maintenance. We also use our buses to carry people free at every festive season. We also pay royalty on every passenger to the state government in advance, even before picking the passengers. What we are doing is more or less a social service,” Odukale cried. It would appear the LAGBUS scheme has truly run into a big hitch. The project on its commencement was, indeed, a huge relief from the dangerous and rickety ‘Molue experience’. The buses were kept neat and the seating and loading arrangements decent and tolerable. But no sooner had the scheme won the hearts of Lagosians than its operators turned it to exactly the same eyesore that Molue was, with more people standing than those sitting. Indeed, with the prevailing experience of Lagosians with red BRT buses, it is better permitting the return of Molue than allowing them steal from the backdoor the glory they do not deserve. It is no surprise that the Lagos State Government has booted them out of dedicated BRT lanes. But because of the business interests at stake, the state government should find ways of regulating red BRT buses especially, for as long as they are ready to offer decent services to Lagosians as against their current Molue-type services.

Sport Extra

Arsenal’s Bellerin ruled out of Man Utd clash To t t e n h a m o n 6 N ove m b e r. “ H e g o t i n ju re d in t h e la s t 1 0 s e c o n ds in a ve r y s t ro n g tackle f ro m D a n ny Ros e,” s a i d A r s e n a l b o s s Ars e n e We n g e r.

B ellerin, who has played in all 11 of Ars enal’s lea gue fix tures this s eas on, c ould mis s eight g ames, including the vis it of Paris St-G ermain.

He will sit out the Champions League trip to Basel on 6 D e c e m b e r, a s w e l l as the EFL quar terfinal against Southampton at Emirates Stadium on 30 No-

v e m b e r. A rse n al are fou r th in th e Pre mie r L e a g u e as th e y pre pare to f ace Manch e ste r U n ite d at Ol d T raf ford tomorrow.

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